ArticleAnnual review of developmental psychology2021
Executive Functions in Social Context: Implications for Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Supporting Developmental Trajectories.
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- Contextual Transparency Supports Cognitive Control by Reducing Prefrontal Activation and Enhancing Cue Prioritization in Children.Developmental science · 2026Article
- The effect of acute stress on executive function in children: Moderation by parasympathetic nervous system activity.Journal of experimental child psychology · 2026Article
- Adaptive habits: understanding executive function and its development.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026Review
- The case for contextually grounded executive function measurement.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Reply to Mazzaferro et al. and Niebaum: The limits of alignment: Grounding executive functions without assuming special contexts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Cyber-victimized and cognitively fogged? Cyberbullying victimization and executive function.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Assessing Culturally Relevant Variables in Predicting Science Outcomes in Asian American Kindergartners.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Increase Peer Victimization among Early Adolescents: the Longitudinal Mediating Roles of Executive Function and Social Anxiety.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Measurement of executive functioning in pre-school aged children in India: a scoping review.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Executive functions in adults: scoping review of computerized neuropsychological batteries.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2026Review
- The cultural construction of "executive function".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Child Effortful Control Moderates the Link Between Parenting Stress and Child Parasympathetic Regulation: Interactions Across Contexts and Measures.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Article
- Influence of competition on motor inhibitory control: Evidence from a go/no-go task.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Article
- Intelligence and executive functioning in adolescence: comparing autism spectrum disorder and typical development.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Success in life is linked to executive functions, a collection of cognitive processes that support goal-directed behaviors. Executive functions is an umbrella term related to cognitive control, self-control, and more. Variations in executive functioning predict concurrent success in schooling, relationships, and behavior, as well as important life outcomes years later. Such findings may suggest that certain individuals are destined for good executive functioning and success. However, environmental influences on executive function and development have long been recognized. Recent research in this tradition demonstrates the power of social contextual influences on children's engagement of executive functions. Such findings suggest new interpretations of why individuals differ in executive functioning and associated life outcomes, including across cultures and socioeconomic statuses. These findings raise fundamental questions about how best to conceptualize, measure, and support executive functioning across diverse contexts. Future research addressing real-world dynamics and computational mechanisms will elucidate how executive functioning emerges in the world.
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