Previous studies on the development of executive functions (EFs) in middle childhood have
traditionally focused on cognitive, or “cool,” EFs: working memory, inhibitory control and …

A central goal in cognitive science is to parse the series of processing stages underlying a
cognitive task. A powerful yet simple behavioral method that can resolve this problem is …

Self-regulatory abilities have been shown to be closely linked to academic success. There
are a variety of measurement tools to assess self-regulated learning in pupils and students …

Inhibitory control is proposed to involve 2 dissociable processes that feature distinct types of
inhibition: a threshold adjustment process involving the global inhibition of motor output and …

The Gratton effect refers to the observation that performance on congruency tasks is often
enhanced when the congruency of the current trial matches that of the previous trial. This …

We examined how 5-to 8-year-olds (N= 51; M age= 83 months; 27 female, 24 male; 69%
White, 12% Black/African American, 8% Asian/Asian American, 6% Hispanic, 6% not …

Six‐to 8‐year‐olds, 10‐to 12‐year‐olds, and adults (N= 108) performed the Simon task by
reaching to targets on a digital display. The spatial and temporal characteristics of their …

Executing goal-directed action sequences is fundamental to our behavior. Planning and
controlling these action sequences improves greatly over the preschool years. In this study …

Processing negated mental representations comes with a price: Not only are negations
harder to resolve than affirmative statements, but they may even invoke ironic effects …

Since its introduction nearly a half century ago, the Eriksen flanker task has prompted
multiple theoretical and methodological advancements in the study of attention and control …