Cognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children

S Davis, B Rawlings, JM Clegg, D Ikejimba… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The scale of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) is a defining characteristic of humans.
Despite marked scientific interest in CCE, the cognitive underpinnings supporting its …

Studying executive function in culturally meaningful ways

S Gaskins, L Alcalá - Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Children's development of executive function is a good candidate for studying cultural
differences because it is a necessary capacity for becoming competent participants in …

Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies

BS Rawlings, HE Davis, A Anum, O Burger… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education,
due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high …

Executive functioning skills and their environmental predictors among pre‐school aged children in South Africa and The Gambia

B Milosavljevic, CJ Cook, T Fadera… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Executive functions (EFs) in early childhood are predictors of later developmental outcomes
and school readiness. Much of the research on EFs and their psychosocial correlates has …

A systematic review of the concept of self-regulation in infants between 0 and 36 months in Latin America

JA Santos, F Giovannetti, MC Smulski… - Infant Behavior and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to identify how cognitive and emotional self-regulation (SR) processes in
infants from 0 to 36 months are defined within the Latin American academic context. A …

[BUCH][B] The hidden talents framework: Implications for science, policy, and practice

BJ Ellis, LS Abrams, AS Masten, RJ Sternberg… - 2023 - cambridge.org
Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, an evolutionary-
developmental perspective implies that children growing up in harsh environments will …

The Future of Research on Executive Function and Its Development: An Introduction to the Special Issue

S Doebel, U Müller - Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last several decades, research on executive function in children has flourished,
producing a wealth of empirical findings. These findings have raised many theoretical and …

Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task and EF in two samples of adolescents in Brazil and United States

VR Fernandes, DR Becker, MM McClelland… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Executive function (EF) is a foundational cognitive construct, which is linked to better
cognitive and physical health throughout development. The present study examines the …

Citation Network Analysis on the Influence of Vision on Academic Performance

S Esteves, C Martinez-Perez, C Alvarez-Peregrina… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Proper vision is absolutely critical to children's academic performance, as
vision problems can drastically affect learning ability. Currently, the existing literature in this …

Exploring School Counselors' Perceptions of How Poverty Impacts Elementary School Students' Capacity for Academic and Emotional Success: A Phenomenological …

L Dixon - 2024 - digitalcommons.liberty.edu
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate school counselors'
viewpoints regarding poverty's influence on elementary school students' executive …