Executive Function

Executive Function: Development Across the Life Span presents perspectives from leading researchers and theorists on the development of executive function from infancy to late adulthood and the factors that shape its growth and decline. Executive function is the set of higher-order cognitive processes involved in regulating attention, thoughts, and actions. Relative to other co...

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Executive Function: Development Across the Life Span presents perspectives from leading researchers and theorists on the development of executive function from infancy to late adulthood and the factors that shape its growth and decline. Executive function is the set of higher-order cognitive processes involved in regulating attention, thoughts, and actions. Relative to other cognitive domains, its development is slow and decline begins early in late adulthood. As such, it is particularly sensitive to variations in environments and experiences, and there is growing evidence that it is susceptible to intervention – important because of its link to a wide range of important life outcomes.

The volume is made up of four sections. It begins with an overview of executive function’s typical development across the lifespan, providing a foundation for the remainder of the volume. The second section presents insights into mechanisms of executive function, as provided by a variety of methodological approaches. The third and fourth sections review the current research evidence on specific factors that shape executive function’s development, focusing on normative (e.g., bilingualism, physical activity, cognitive training) and clinically relevant (e.g., substance use, neurodegenerative disease) developmental pathways.

Sandra A. Wiebe is a developmental cognitive scientist who studies executive function in childhood. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Julia Karbach is a developmental psychologist who studies neurocognitive development and plasticity across the life span. She is a ...

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Sandra A. Wiebe is a developmental cognitive scientist who studies executive function in childhood. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Julia Karbach is a developmental psychologist who studies neurocognitive development and plasticity across the life span. She is a Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Chapter|8 pages
Introduction
Development and Plasticity of Executive Function Across the Life Span
WithSandra A. Wiebe, Julia Karbach
Part Part I|64 pages
Characterizing Executive Function Development Across the Life Span
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Chapter|8 pages
Introduction
Development and Plasticity of Executive Function Across the Life Span
WithSandra A. Wiebe, Julia Karbach
Part Part I|64 pages
Characterizing Executive Function Development Across the Life Span
Chapter 1|18 pages
Emergence of Executive Function in Infancy
WithKimberly Cuevas, Vinaya Rajan, Lauren J. Bryant
Chapter 2|15 pages
Executive Function in Early and Middle Childhood
WithNicolas Chevalier, Caron A. C. Clark
Chapter 3|15 pages
Executive Function Development in Adolescence
WithEveline A. Crone, Sabine Peters, Nikolaus Steinbeis
Chapter 4|14 pages
Executive Function Development in Aging
WithKaren Z. H. Li, Kiran K. Vadaga, Halina Bruce, Laurence Lai
Part Part II|72 pages
Understanding Mechanisms of Executive Function Development and Plasticity
Chapter 5|16 pages
Neural Mechanisms of Executive Function Development during Early Childhood
WithYusuke Moriguchi
Chapter 6|15 pages
Aging and the Neural Correlates of Executive Function
WithRobert West
Chapter 7|18 pages
Genetic Influences on Executive Functions Across the Life Span
WithJames J. Li, Delanie K. Roberts
Chapter 8|21 pages
Computational Models of Executive Function Development
WithAaron T. Buss
Part Part III|70 pages
Environmental, Cultural, and Lifestyle Factors That Shape Executive Function Development Across the Life Span
Chapter 9|13 pages
Adversity and Stress
Implications for the Development of Executive Functions
WithJenna E. Finch, Jelena Obradović
Chapter 10|12 pages
Parental Influences on Children’s Executive Function
A Differentiated Approach
WithClaire Hughes, Rory T. Devine
Chapter 11|16 pages
Bilingualism and the Development of Executive Function in Children
The Interplay of Languages and Cognition
WithGregory J. Poarch, Janet G. van Hell
Chapter 12|12 pages
Physical Activity, Exercise, and Executive Functions
WithNicolas Berryman, Kristell Pothier, Louis Bherer
Chapter 13|15 pages
Cognitive Training to Promote Executive Functions
WithMatthias Kliegel, Alexandra Hering, Andreas Ihle, Sascha Zuber
Part Part IV|63 pages
Atypical Patterns of Executive Function Development Across the Life Span
Chapter 14|16 pages
Executive Dysfunction in Very Preterm Children and Associated Brain Pathology
WithElisha K. Josev, Peter J. Anderson
Chapter 15|14 pages
Executive Functions and Developmental Psychopathology
Neurobiology of Emotion Regulation in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety
WithKristina L. Gelardi, Veronika Vilgis, Amanda E. Guyer
Chapter 16|16 pages
Executive Function and Substance Misuse
Neurodevelopmental Vulnerabilities and Consequences of Use
WithMonica Luciana, Emily Ewan
Chapter 17|15 pages
Trajectories and Modifiers of Executive Function
Normal Aging to Neurodegenerative Disease
WithG. Peggy McFall, Shraddha Sapkota, Sherilyn Thibeau, Roger A. Dixon
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