Chronic exposure to stress hormones, whether it occurs during the prenatal period, infancy,
childhood, adolescence, adulthood or aging, has an impact on brain structures involved in …

Spanning functions from the simplest reflex arc to complex cognitive processes, neural
circuits have diverse functional roles. In the cerebral cortex, functional domains such as …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

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 …

Executive function (EF) is an ill-defined but important construct that refers generally to the
psychological processes involved in the conscious control of thought and action. Although …

Understanding the organization of the cerebral cortex remains a central focus of
neuroscience. Cortical maps have relied almost exclusively on the examination of …

Children who are adept at any one of the three academic 'R's (reading, writing and
arithmetic) tend to be good at the others, and grow into adults who are similarly skilled at …

Adolescence is a time of increased divergence between males and females in physical
characteristics, behavior, and risk for psychopathology. Here we will review data regarding …

Research on executive function (EF) is directed at understanding the conscious control of
thought and action. Although EF can be understood as a domain-general construct at the …

While there is little doubt that risk-taking is generally more prevalent during adolescence
than before or after, the underlying causes of this pattern of age differences have long been …