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 …

There is broad agreement that working memory is closely related to attention. This article
delineates several theoretical options for conceptualizing this link, and evaluates their …

Theories of human neurobehavioral development suggest executive functions mature from
childhood through adolescence, underlying adolescent risk-taking and the emergence of …

Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. However, similar
constructs have existed since the mid-20th century, resulting in different terms, definitions …

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 …

Because of enduring experience of managing two languages, bilinguals have been argued
to develop superior executive functioning compared with monolinguals. Despite extensive …

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

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 …

Evidence of executive dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) across development
remains mixed and establishing its role is critical for guiding diagnosis and intervention. The …

This review presents an outline of executive function (EF) and its application to autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). The development of the EF construct, theoretical models of EF …