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A primary aim of the neuropsychological revolution has been the mapping of what has come to be known as executive function (EF). This term encompasses a range of mental processes such as working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility that, together, regulate our social behavior, and our emotional and cognitive well-being.
In this book, top scientists from a variety of fields investigate executive function as it develops in early childhood. Because researchers differ in how they conceptualize basic processes and even in how they define EF itself, contributors begin by discussing comparability and replicability, key issues of primary importance to those seeking to move the field to a new level of rigor. Next, they tackle the nuts-and-bolts of the development of EF in preschoolers, including the neurobiological mechanisms and circuitry that underlie EF development as well as the role of EF in assessing risk and its counterpart, resilience. Finally, they highlight exciting new clinical applications of EF research, including the use of EF in contextualizing and assessing family risk, the impact of socioeconomic status on neurological development, and the promotion of EF development through early education programs.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction to Executive Function in Preschool-Age Children
James A. Griffin, Lisa S. Freund, Peggy McCardle, Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, and Abigail Haydon
I. Conceptualization and Measurement of Executive Function
Why Improving and Assessing Executive Functions Early in Life Is Critical
Adele Diamond
Incorporating Early Development Into the Measurement of Executive Function: The Need for a Continuum of Measures Across Development
Stephanie M. Carlson, Susan Faja, and Danielle M. Beck
Structure, Measurement, and Development of Preschool Executive Function
Jennifer Mize Nelson, Tiffany D. James, Nicolas Chevalier, Caron A. C. Clark, and Kimberly Andrews Espy
Longitudinal Measurement of Executive Function in Preschoolers
Michael T. Willoughby and Clancy B. Blair
Conceptions of Executive Function and Regulation: When and to What Degree Do They Overlap?
Nancy Eisenberg and Qing Zhou
II. Neurodevelopment and Executive Function
Infant Cognitive Abilities: Potential Building Blocks of Later Executive Functions
Susan A. Rose, Judith F. Feldman, and Jeffery J. Jankowski
Psychobiology of Executive Function in Early Development
Martha Ann Bell and Kimberly Cuevas
Imaging Executive Functions in Typically and Atypically Developed Children
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Scott K. Holland, and Lisa S. Freund
Development of Selective Sustained Attention: The Role of Executive Functions
Anna Fisher and Heidi Kloos
III. Executive Function and Translational Research on Risk and Prevention
Preschool Executive Functions in the Context of Family Risk
Megan M. McClelland, Leslie D. Leve, and Katherine C. Pears
Socioeconomic Status and the Development of Executive Function: Behavioral and Neuroscience Approaches
Gwendolyn M. Lawson, Cayce J. Hook, Daniel A. Hackman, and Martha J. Farah
Assessing Developmental Trajectories of Executive Function in Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Preschoolers: Opportunities and Challenges
Margaret O'Brien Caughy, Margaret Tresch Owen, and Jamie Hurst DeLuna
Promoting the Development of Executive Functions Through Early Education and Prevention Programs
Karen L. Bierman and Marcela Torres
Conceptual Clutter and Measurement Mayhem: Proposals for Cross-Disciplinary Integration in Conceptualizing and Measuring Executive Function
Frederick J. Morrison and Jennie K. Grammer
Index
About the Editors
