Executive functions

A Diamond - Annual review of psychology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think
before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying …

Measuring the development of inhibitory control: The challenge of heterotypic continuity

IT Petersen, CP Hoyniak, ME McQuillan, JE Bates… - Developmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Inhibitory control is thought to demonstrate heterotypic continuity, in other words, continuity
in its purpose or function but changes in its behavioral manifestation over time. This creates …

Examining the dimensionality of effortful control in preschool children and its relation to academic and socioemotional indicators.

NP Allan, CJ Lonigan - Developmental psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Effortful control (EC) is an important developmental construct, associated with
socioemotional growth, academic performance, and psychopathology. EC is defined as the …

The concept of self-regulation and preschoolers' social-emotional development: A systematic review

A Rademacher, U Koglin - Early Child Development and Care, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, preschooler's self-regulation has been extensively researched. This
systematic review deals with the overlaps and differences among the many different …

A review of the day–night task: The Stroop paradigm and interference control in young children

DE Montgomery, TE Koeltzow - Developmental Review, 2010 - Elsevier
The day–night task is a widely used measurement of interference control in young children
between ages 3 and 7. This integrative review examines the development of interference …

A longitudinal assessment of the relation between executive function and theory of mind at 3, 4, and 5 years

S Marcovitch, M O'Brien, SD Calkins, EM Leerkes… - Cognitive …, 2015 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study contributes to the growing literature on the predictive nature of the
relation between executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM). A latent variable model …

Les fonctions exécutives chez l'enfant: Concepts et développement.

N Chevalier - Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
Alors que les fonctions exécutives ont longtemps été envisagées comme une entité
mystérieuse ne se manifestant qu'à partir de l'adolescence, il est désormais bien établi que …

The early childhood inhibitory touchscreen task: A new measure of response inhibition in toddlerhood and across the lifespan

K Holmboe, C Larkman, C de Klerk, A Simpson… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Research into the earliest development of inhibitory control is limited by a lack of suitable
tasks. In particular, commonly used inhibitory control tasks frequently have too high …

Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: How response prepotency is created and overcome

A Simpson, KJ Riggs, SR Beck… - Developmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding (a) how responses become prepotent provides insights into when inhibition
is needed in everyday life. Understanding (b) how response prepotency is overcome …

Development of planning in 4-to 10-year-old children: Reducing inhibitory demands does not improve performance

EC Tecwyn, SKS Thorpe, J Chappell - Journal of experimental child …, 2014 - Elsevier
Currently, there are relatively few tasks suitable for testing planned problem solving in
children. We presented 4-to 10-year-old children (N= 172) with two planning tasks …