Executive function is comprised of different behavioral and cognitive elements and is
considered to play a significant role in learning and academic achievement. Educational …

Self-control refers to the mental processes that allow people to override thoughts and
emotions, thus enabling behavior to vary adaptively from moment to moment. Dominating …

Executive functions (EFs)—a set of general-purpose control processes that regulate one's
thoughts and behaviors—have become a popular research topic lately and have been …

Self-regulation is a core aspect of adaptive human behavior that has been studied, largely in
parallel, through the lenses of social and personality psychology as well as cognitive …

Can growing up in a stressful childhood environment enhance certain cognitive functions?
Drawing participants from higher-income and lower-income backgrounds, we tested how …

Research on mindfulness, defined as paying conscious and non-judgmental attention to
present-moment experiences, has increased rapidly in the past decade but has focused …

In this article, I outline a general framework for the evolutionary analysis of mental disorders
based on the concepts of life history theory. I synthesize and extend a large body of work …

Self-regulation plays an important role in adolescent development, predicting success in
multiple domains including school and social relationships. While researchers have paid …

Mindful attention, a central component of mindfulness meditation, can be conceived as
becoming aware of one's thoughts and experiences and being able to observe them as …

Self-control is assessed using a remarkable array of measures. In a series of five data-sets
(overall N= 2,641) and a mini meta-analysis, we explored the association between …