Research on cognitive aging has focused on how decline in various cortical and
hippocampal regions influence cognition. However, brainstem regions play essential …

Cognitive control (with the closely related concepts of attention control and executive
function) encompasses the collection of processes that are involved in generating and …

Executive functions demonstrate variable developmental and aging profiles, with protracted
development into early adulthood and declines in older age. However, relatively few studies …

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

Recent behavioral data have shown that lifelong bilingualism can maintain youthful
cognitive control abilities in aging. Here, we provide the first direct evidence of a neural …

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number
of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past …

Although executive functions can be improved by training, little is known about the extent to
which these training‐related benefits can be transferred to other tasks, or whether this …

The development and determinants of executive function (EF) were studied in children
(mean age= 8.8 years), young adults (M= 22.3 years), and elderly adults (M= 71.1 years). EF …

A study was conducted to examine changes in executive control processes over the life
span. More specifically, changes in processes responsible for preparation and interference …

A hybrid blocked and event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study
decomposed brain activity during task switching into sustained and transient components …