Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old

A Diamond, K Lee - Science, 2011 - science.org
To be successful takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and discipline. Central to all those
are executive functions, including mentally playing with ideas, giving a considered rather …

Executive functions

A Diamond - Annual review of psychology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think
before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying …

Meta-analysis of action video game impact on perceptual, attentional, and cognitive skills.

B Bediou, DM Adams, RE Mayer, E Tipton… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 144 (9) of
Psychological Bulletin (see record 2018-42071-005). In the article, there is a number of …

Executive function and psychopathology: A neurodevelopmental perspective

PD Zelazo - Annual review of clinical psychology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Executive function (EF) skills are neurocognitive skills that support the reflective, top-down
coordination and control of other brain functions, and there is neural and behavioral …

Activities and programs that improve children's executive functions

A Diamond - Current directions in psychological science, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Executive functions (EFs; eg, reasoning, working memory, and self-control) can be
improved. Good news indeed, since EFs are critical for school and job success and for …

Intelligence: new findings and theoretical developments.

RE Nisbett, J Aronson, C Blair, W Dickens… - American …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
We review new findings and new theoretical developments in the field of intelligence. New
findings include the following:(a) Heritability of IQ varies significantly by social class.(b) …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive functions, including working memory

A Diamond, DS Ling - Cognitive and working memory training …, 2020 - books.google.com
Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

Brain networks and cognitive architectures

SE Petersen, O Sporns - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Most accounts of human cognitive architectures have focused on computational accounts of
cognition while making little contact with the study of anatomical structures and physiological …

Closing the achievement gap through modification of neurocognitive and neuroendocrine function: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial of an innovative …

C Blair, CC Raver - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and positive life outcomes,
particularly for children in poverty. Advances in neuroscience suggest that a focus on self …

The Woodcock--Johnson IV

FA Schrank, BJ Wendling - … intellectual assessment: Theories …, 2018 - books.google.com
Woodcock–Johnson IV (WJ IV; Schrank, McGrew, & Mather, 2014a) is a comprehensive, co-
normed psychoeducational assessment system that includes three test batteries: the …