The primary goal of this study was to examine developmental patterns among the relations
between components of executive function (EF; working memory [WM], inhibitory control …

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 …

The purpose of this study was to research the relationship between executive functions and
academic performance in primary education (6–12 years). Based on 21 samples (n= 7,947) …

Bilingual people are often claimed to have an advantage over monolingual people in
cognitive processing owing to their ability to learn and use two languages. This advantage is …

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 …

Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to
sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately …

Executive function and metacognition are higher-order cognitive processes that undergo
steady improvements throughout childhood. They are highly relevant to daily functioning in …

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

Inhibitory control describes the suppression of goal-irrelevant stimuli and behavioral
responses. Current developmental taxonomies distinguish between Response Inhibition …

Data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (N= 1273) were analyzed to assess the
longitudinal relations among executive function (EF) components in early childhood (54 …