Executive function is comprised of different behavioral and cognitive elements and is
considered to play a significant role in learning and academic achievement. Educational …

This article presents a meta-analytic review of the relation between executive function and
reading comprehension. Results (N= 6,673) supported a moderate positive association …

The development of early childhood self-regulation is often considered an early life marker
for later life successes. Yet little longitudinal research has evaluated whether there are …

Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) predicts executive function (EF), but fundamental
aspects of this relation remain unknown: the developmental course of the SES disparity, its …

Cognition is 1 of 4 domains measured by the NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of
Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIH-TB), and complements modules testing motor …

In this chapter, we discuss two measures designed to assess executive function (EF) as part
of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (CB) and report pediatric data from the validation study …

Discovering the stress-buffering effects of social relationships has been one of the major
findings in psychobiology in the last century. However, an understanding of the underlying …

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major
advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what …

Children's ability to direct their attention and behavior to learning tasks provides a
foundation for healthy social and academic development in early schooling. Although an …

In keeping with proposals emphasizing the role of early experience in infant brain
development, this study investigated the prospective links between quality of parent–infant …