According to the dual systems perspective, risk taking peaks during adolescence because
activation of an early-maturing socioemotional-incentive processing system amplifies …

Research on the development of self-regulation in young children provides a unifying
framework for the study of school readiness. Self-regulation abilities allow for engagement in …

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 …

Introduction: Executive function (EF) skills emerge in infancy and typically become more
effective and efficient throughout childhood and adolescence and into early adulthood …

To be successful in school or in one's career takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and
discipline. Central to all those are executive functions (EFs), including mentally playing with …

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 …

Research has demonstrated that extensive structural and functional brain development
continues throughout adolescence. A popular notion emerging from this work states that a …

Cognition is 1 of 4 domains measured by the NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of
Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIH-TB), and complements modules testing motor …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to outline notable alterations occurring in the
adolescent brain, and to consider potential ramifications of these developmental …

The number of patients surviving with congenital heart disease (CHD) has soared over the
last 3 decades. Adults constitute the fastest-growing segment of the CHD population, now …