Emotions arise from activations of specialized neuronal populations in several parts of the
cerebral cortex, notably the anterior cingulate, insula, ventromedial prefrontal, and …

In the last decade, advances in neuroimaging technologies have given rise to a large
number of research studies that investigate the neural underpinnings of executive function …

Here, we update our 1990 Annual Review of Neuroscience article,“The Attention System of
the Human Brain.” The framework presented in the original article has helped to integrate …

Executive function (EF) underpins the ability to set goals and work towards those goals by co-
ordinating thought and action. Its emergence during the first 3 years of life is under-studied …

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 …

Research Findings: The present study investigated whether active play during recess was
associated with self-regulation and academic achievement in a prekindergarten sample. A …

The sociocommunicative impairments that define autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not
present at birth but emerge gradually over the first two years of life. In typical development …

The present study explored direct and interactive effects between behavioral self-regulation
(SR) and two measures of executive function (EF, inhibitory control and working memory) …

Background Temperament has been shown to be associated with behavior for millennia but
has not been explicitly used in a theory of crime. Methods This state-of-the-art review …

It is nearly 35 years since I gave the 7th Sir Frederick Bartlett lecture at Oxford University.
This was published as a paper entitled “Orienting of attention in the quarterly journal”. The …