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You Are Here! Rethinking Children's Executive Function Development in the Presence of Others
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Aurélien Frick – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
The development of executive function (EF) has been linked to various life outcomes, motivating intense research on the topic. While much of this research has focused on more thoroughly understanding age-related changes of the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms involved, recent theoretical and empirical works have stressed how the immediate…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Social Environment
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of the Association between Motor and Executive Function Skill Development in Early Childhood
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Jessica M. Cassidy; Michael T. Willoughby – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
Early childhood is characterized by rapid increases in both motor skills and executive function skills. Rather than simply codeveloping, the development of motor and executive function skills may be linked causally. In this article, we introduce corticomuscular coherence as a paradigm for psychologists interested in testing mechanistic questions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Psychomotor Skills, Executive Function, Skill Development