Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think
before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying …

During the last 2 decades, major advances have been made in understanding the
development of executive functions (EFs) in early childhood. This article reviews the EF …

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 …

Publicly funded prekindergarten programs have achieved small‐to‐large impacts on
children's cognitive outcomes. The current study examined the impact of a prekindergarten …

This study focuses on three main goals: First, 3‐year‐olds' spatial assembly skills are
probed using interlocking block constructions (N= 102). A detailed scoring scheme provides …

This study examined the role of self‐regulation in emerging academic ability in one hundred
and forty‐one 3‐to 5‐year‐old children from low‐income homes. Measures of effortful …

Executive function (EF) refers to the set of neurocognitive skills involved in goal-directed
problem solving, including working memory, inhibitory control, and set shifting/flexibility. EF …

Predictions concerning development, interrelations, and possible independence of working
memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility were tested in 325 participants (roughly 30 per …

Advanced inhibitory control skills have been found in bilingual speakers as compared to
monolingual controls (Bialystok, 1999). We examined whether this effect is generalized to an …

Despite their potentially central role in fostering school readiness, executive function (EF)
skills have received little explicit attention in the design and evaluation of school readiness …