Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

Background Self‐regulation (SR) is central to developmental psychopathology, but progress
has been impeded by varying terminology and meanings across fields and literatures …

Many but not all cognitive abilities decline during ageing. Some even improve due to lifelong
experience. The critical capacities of attention and executive functions have been widely …

Executive functions (EFs) are high-level cognitive processes, often associated with the
frontal lobes, that control lower level processes in the service of goal-directed behavior …

An essential tension can be found between researchers interested in ecological validity and
those concerned with maintaining experimental control. Research in the human …

This review examines mechanisms contributing to the intergenerational transmission of self-
regulation. To provide an integrated account of how self-regulation is transmitted across …

This study examined the contributions of verbal ability and executive control to verbal
fluency performance in older adults (n= 82). Verbal fluency was assessed in letter and …

Classically, the basal ganglia have been considered to have a role in producing habitual
and goal-directed behaviours. In this article, we review recent evidence that expands this …

Inhibitory control describes the suppression of goal-irrelevant stimuli and behavioral
responses. Current developmental taxonomies distinguish between Response Inhibition …

To be successful in school or in one's career takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and
discipline. Central to all those are executive functions (EFs), including mentally playing with …