This review examines mechanisms contributing to the intergenerational transmission of self-
regulation. To provide an integrated account of how self-regulation is transmitted across …

Psychological functions that are behaviorally and neurally well specified may serve as
endophenotypes for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) research. Such …

Response inhibition, defined as the ability to withhold a response, is considered to be a core
deficit in various mental illnesses. Measures of response inhibition have been used to define …

The Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) is a national register in which twins, multiples and
their parents, siblings, spouses and other family members participate. Here we describe the …

We examined whether self-restraint in early childhood predicted individual differences in 3
executive functions (EFs; inhibiting prepotent responses, updating working memory, and …

Behavioral genetic investigations have consistently demonstrated large genetic influences
for the core symptom dimensions of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), namely …

The goals of education and qualification in modern industrial societies can no longer be
described by a fixed set of specialized skills that are transferable from one generation to the …

This article suggests a way to circumvent some of the problems that follow from the lack of
consensus on a definition of emotion (Izard, 2010; Kleinginna & Kleinginna, 1981) and …

This study investigated the internal reliability, temporal stability and plasticity of commonly
used measures of inhibition-related functions. Stop-signal, go/no-go, antisaccade, Simon …

Self-regulation is the ability to control inner states or responses with respect to thoughts,
emotions, attention, and performance. As such, it is a critical aspect of development and …