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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 81, Issue 6, Pages 1641-1660Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01499.x
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL087923] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK070922, R01 DK70922-01] Funding Source: Medline
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This review article examines theoretical and methodological issues in the construction of a developmental perspective on executive function (EF) in childhood and adolescence. Unlike most reviews of EF, which focus on preschoolers, this review focuses on studies that include large age ranges. It outlines the development of the foundational components of EF-inhibition, working memory, and shifting. Cognitive and neurophysiological assessments show that although EF emerges during the first few years of life, it continues to strengthen significantly throughout childhood and adolescence. The components vary somewhat in their developmental trajectories. The article relates the findings to long-standing issues of development (e.g., developmental sequences, trajectories, and processes) and suggests research needed for constructing a developmental framework encompassing early childhood through adolescence.
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