The neuroscience of working memory capacity and training

C Constantinidis, T Klingberg - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Working memory—the ability to maintain and manipulate information over a period of
seconds—is a core component of higher cognitive functions. The storage capacity of …

The development of social cognition in adolescence: An integrated perspective

EJ Kilford, E Garrett, SJ Blakemore - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2016 - Elsevier
Social cognitive processes are critical in navigating complex social interactions and are
associated with a network of brain areas termed the 'social brain'. Here, we describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Neural substrates of early executive function development

A Fiske, K Holmboe - Developmental Review, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, advances in neuroimaging technologies have given rise to a large
number of research studies that investigate the neural underpinnings of executive function …

Is adolescence a sensitive period for sociocultural processing?

SJ Blakemore, KL Mills - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Adolescence is a period of formative biological and social transition. Social cognitive
processes involved in navigating increasingly complex and intimate relationships continue …

Measurement of cognitive functions in experts and elite athletes: A meta‐analytic review

HE Scharfen, D Memmert - Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An extraordinary physiological capacity combined with remarkable motor control,
perception, and cognitive functioning is crucial for high performance in sports. Tests that …

Understanding adolescence as a period of social–affective engagement and goal flexibility

EA Crone, RE Dahl - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Research has demonstrated that extensive structural and functional brain development
continues throughout adolescence. A popular notion emerging from this work states that a …

An integrative model of the maturation of cognitive control

B Luna, S Marek, B Larsen… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Brains systems undergo unique and specific dynamic changes at the cellular, circuit, and
systems level that underlie the transition to adult-level cognitive control. We integrate …

[HTML][HTML] Core executive functions are associated with success in young elite soccer players

T Vestberg, G Reinebo, L Maurex, M Ingvar, P Petrovic - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Physical capacity and coordination cannot alone predict success in team sports such as
soccer. Instead, more focus has been directed towards the importance of cognitive abilities …

Prediction of individual brain maturity using fMRI

NUF Dosenbach, B Nardos, AL Cohen, DA Fair… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Group functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) studies have
documented reliable changes in human functional brain maturity over development. Here …

The attentive brain: insights from developmental cognitive neuroscience

D Amso, G Scerif - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Visual attention functions as a filter to select environmental information for learning and
memory, making it the first step in the eventual cascade of thought and action systems. Here …