Evaluating the theory of executive dysfunction in autism

EL Hill - Developmental review, 2004 - Elsevier
In this paper studies of executive function in autism spectrum disorder are reviewed.
Executive function is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working memory …

Changes and challenges in 20 years of research into the development of executive functions

C Hughes - Infant and child Development, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review of 20 years of developmental research on Executive Functions (EF) offers a
broad‐brushstroke picture that touches on multiple issues including:(i) findings from typical …

The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age

HJ Ferguson, VEA Brunsdon, EEF Bradford - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Executive functions demonstrate variable developmental and aging profiles, with protracted
development into early adulthood and declines in older age. However, relatively few studies …

A meta‐analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status and executive function performance among children

GM Lawson, CJ Hook, MJ Farah - Developmental science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and executive function
(EF) has recently attracted attention within psychology, following reports of substantial SES …

Virtually being Einstein results in an improvement in cognitive task performance and a decrease in age bias

D Banakou, S Kishore, M Slater - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The brain's body representation is amenable to rapid change, even though we tend to think
of our bodies as relatively fixed and stable. For example, it has been shown that a life-sized …

Interaction of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (l-DLPFC) and right orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in hot and cold executive functions: Evidence from transcranial direct …

V Nejati, MA Salehinejad, MA Nitsche - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
An organizing principle which has recently emerged proposes that executive functions (EF)
can be divided into cognitive (cold) and affective/reward-related (hot) processes related to …

Tracking executive function across the transition to school: A latent variable approach

C Hughes, R Ensor, A Wilson… - Developmental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This longitudinal study of executive function (EF) addressed three questions. These
concerned:(i) the validity of EF as a latent construct underpinning performance at ages 4 and …

The development of executive function

U Müller, K Kerns - Handbook of child psychology and …, 2015 - books.google.com
Within the scientific literature, the construct of executive function (EF) has received a huge
increase in attention over the past three decades. Its growing popularity is reflected in the …

Individual differences in growth in executive function across the transition to school predict externalizing and internalizing behaviors and self-perceived academic …

C Hughes, R Ensor - Journal of experimental child psychology, 2011 - Elsevier
Building on an existing latent variable analysis of executive function (EF) in children (N=
191, 57% boys and 43% girls) making the transition to school (Hughes et al.(2010) …

[LIVRE][B] Measurement of executive function in early childhood: A special issue of developmental neuropsychology

C Blair, PD Zelazo, MT Greenberg - 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
During the past decade, a rising interest has emerged in aspects of the broad construct of
executive function (EF) in childhood. This has transpired as research has discovered that the …