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Madeline M. Doucette; Juan Pablo Sánchez Escudero; Ryan E. Rhodes; Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera – Journal of American College Health, 2025
This study examined how physical activity and history of sports participation affect subjective and objective executive functioning in university students. A total of 215 university students aged 18-25 (81% female) completed a virtual assessment of executive function. The correlates were age, sex, physical activity, and history of sports…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Students, Physical Activity Level, Executive Function
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Felipe Torres-Morales; Gary Morgan; María Antonia Reyes; Marcela Vega; Ricardo Rosas – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is often associated with deficits in executive functions (EFs), but the specific pattern of which components are affected remains unclear. This study examined EF performance in Spanish-speaking children with DLD compared to typically developing (TD) peers matched for age and socioeconomic status.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Mingjia Cai; Xian Liao – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Executive functions (EF) have long been recognized as critical factors in accounting for individual differences in literacy development. However, their role in second language (L2) learning, particularly in non-alphabetic languages such as Chinese, has not been fully explored. This study endeavored to examine the role of EF in word reading among…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Age Differences