What has fMRI told us about the development of cognitive control through adolescence?

B Luna, A Padmanabhan, K O'Hearn - Brain and cognition, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Cognitive control, the ability to voluntarily guide our behavior, continues to improve
throughout adolescence. Below we review the literature on age-related changes in brain …

Varieties of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-related intra-individual variability

FX Castellanos, EJS Sonuga-Barke, A Scheres… - Biological …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Intra-individual variability in behavior and functioning is ubiquitous among children with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but it has not been systematically examined …

The relations among inhibition and interference control functions: a latent-variable analysis.

NP Friedman, A Miyake - Journal of experimental psychology …, 2004‏ - psycnet.apa.org
This study used data from 220 adults to examine the relations among 3 inhibition-related
functions. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that Prepotent Response Inhibition and …

The development of executive function in early childhood

PD Zelazo, U Müller, D Frye, S Marcovitch… - Monographs of the …, 2003‏ - JSTOR
According to the Cognitive Complexity and Control (CCC) theory, the development of
executive function can be understood in terms of age-related increases in the maximum …

Development of attentional networks in childhood

MR Rueda, J Fan, BD McCandliss, JD Halparin… - Neuropsychologia, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Recent research in attention has involved three networks of anatomical areas that carry out
the functions of orienting, alerting and executive control (including conflict monitoring). There …

Maturation of cognitive processes from late childhood to adulthood

B Luna, KE Garver, TA Urban, NA Lazar… - Child …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
To characterize cognitive maturation through adolescence, processing speed, voluntary
response suppression, and spatial working memory were measured in 8‐to 30‐year‐old (N …

Immature frontal lobe contributions to cognitive control in children: evidence from fMRI

SA Bunge, NM Dudukovic, ME Thomason, CJ Vaidya… - Neuron, 2002‏ - cell.com
Event-related fMRI was employed to characterize differences in brain activation between
children ages 8–12 and adults related to two forms of cognitive control: interference …

Alerting, orienting, and executive attention: Developmental properties and sociodemographic correlates in an epidemiological sample of young, urban children

E Mezzacappa - Child development, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
A computerized test of preparedness for effortful processing (alerting attention), response to
orienting cues (orienting attention), and response to the interference of competing demands …

Aerobic fitness and cognitive development: Event-related brain potential and task performance indices of executive control in preadolescent children.

CH Hillman, SM Buck, JR Themanson… - Developmental …, 2009‏ - psycnet.apa.org
The relationship between aerobic fitness and executive control was assessed in 38 higher-
and lower-fit children (M age= 9.4 years), grouped according to their performance on a field …

The development of attention skills in action video game players

MWG Dye, CS Green, D Bavelier - Neuropsychologia, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Previous research suggests that action video game play improves attentional resources,
allowing gamers to better allocate their attention across both space and time. In order to …