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Title Executive Function : Development Across the Life Span / edited by Sandra A. Wiebe and Julia Karbach
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Frontiers of Developmental Science
Contents Introduction: development and plasticity of executive function across the life span / Sandra A. Wiebe and Julia Karbach -- Characterizing executive function development across the life span -- Emergence of executive function in infancy / Kimberly Cuevas, Vinaya Rajan, and Lauren J. Bryant -- Executive function in early and middle childhood / Nicolas Chevalier and Caron A.C. Clark -- Executive function development in adolescence / Eveline A. Crone, Sabine Peters, and Nikolaus Steinbeis -- Executive function development in aging / Karen Z.H. Li, Kiran K. Vadaga, Halina Bruce, and Laurence Lai -- Understanding mechanisms of executive function development and plasticity -- Neural mechanisms of executive function development during early childhood / Yusuke Moriguchi -- Aging and the neural correlates of executive function -- Robert west -- Genetic influences on executive functions across the life span / James J. Li and Delanie K. Roberts -- Computational models of executive function development / Aaron T. Buss -- Environmental, cultural, and lifestyle factors that shape executive function development across the life span -- Adversity and stress : implications for the development of executive functions / Jenna E. Finch and Jelena Obradovic -- Parental influences on children's executive function: a differentiated approach -- Claire hughes and rory t. devine -- Bilingualism and the development of executive function in children : the interplay of languages and cognition / Gregory J. Poarch and Janet G. van Hell -- Physical activity, exercise, and executive functions / Nicolas Berryman, Kristell Pothier, and Louis Bherer -- Cognitive training to promote executive functions / Matthias Kliegel, Alexandra Hering, Andreas Ihle, and Sascha Zuber -- Atypical patterns of executive function development across the life span -- Executive dysfunction in very preterm children and associated brain pathology / Elisha K. Josev and Peter J. Anderson -- Executive functions and developmental psychopathology : neurobiology of emotion regulation in adolescent depression and anxiety / Kristina L. Gelardi, Veronika Vilgis, and Amanda E. Guyer -- Executive function and substance misuse : neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and consequences of use / Monica Luciana and Emily Ewan -- Trajectories and modifiers of executive function : normal aging to neurodegenerative disease / G. Peggy McFall, Shraddha Sapkota, Sherilyn Thibeau, and Roger A. Dixon
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Executive functions (Neuropsychology)
Cognition.
Cognition
Executive Function
cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Cognition
Executive functions (Neuropsychology)
Form Electronic book
Author Wiebe, Sandra A., editor.
Karbach, Julia
ISBN 9781315160719
1315160714