The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function

NP Friedman, TW Robbins - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Relations between executive functions and academic outcomes in elementary school children: A meta-analysis.

JA Spiegel, JM Goodrich, BM Morris… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The primary goal of this study was to examine developmental patterns among the relations
between components of executive function (EF; working memory [WM], inhibitory control …

The unity and diversity of executive functions: A systematic review and re-analysis of latent variable studies.

JE Karr, CN Areshenkoff, P Rast, SM Hofer… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

Executive function and academic achievement: Longitudinal relations from early childhood to adolescence.

SF Ahmed, S Tang, NE Waters… - Journal of Educational …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (N= 1273) were analyzed to assess the
longitudinal relations among executive function (EF) components in early childhood (54 …

Why improving and assessing executive functions early in life is critical.

A Diamond - 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

Developmental changes in executive functioning

K Lee, R Bull, RMH Ho - Child development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although early studies of executive functioning in children supported Miyake et al.'s (2000)
three‐factor model, more recent findings supported a variety of undifferentiated or two‐factor …

Parental behaviours predicting early childhood executive functions: A meta-analysis

DS Valcan, H Davis, D Pino-Pasternak - Educational Psychology Review, 2018 - Springer
Recent research indicates that parental behaviours may influence the development of
executive functions (EFs) during early childhood, which are proposed to serve as domain …

Minimal coherence among varied theory of mind measures in childhood and adulthood

KR Warnell, E Redcay - Cognition, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory of mind—or the understanding that others have mental states that can differ
from one's own and reality—is currently measured across the lifespan by a wide array of …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of cognition in 9 and 10 year-old children and associations with problem behaviors: Findings from the ABCD study's baseline neurocognitive …

WK Thompson, DM Barch, JM Bjork, R Gonzalez… - Developmental cognitive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study is poised to be the
largest single-cohort long-term longitudinal study of neurodevelopment and child health in …

[HTML][HTML] Commentary on the review of measures of early childhood social and emotional development: Conceptualization, critique, and recommendations

SB Campbell, SA Denham, GZ Howarth… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Elsevier
This compilation of five papers provides commentary from researchers devoted to the study
of a variety of components that contribute to the broader domain of social and emotional …