ReviewCurrent opinion in behavioral sciences2020
Sensitive periods in executive function development.
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- Predicting the Development of Executive Functions in Preschool Age: Motor, Language, and Socio-Relational Skills in Early Childhood.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Early life shifts in cortical inhibitory-excitatory balance underlies sensitive periods and skill development.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Short-Form Video Media Use Is Associated With Greater Inattentive Symptoms in Thai School-Age Children: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Survey.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Mediation of executive functions in the relationship between motor skills and psychosocial health in preschool children.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Reciprocal Relationships Among Household Chaos, Parenting Stress, and Children's Behavioral Self-Regulation From Early to Middle Childhood.Family process · 2025Article
- Reversal learning is influenced by cognitive flexibility and develops throughout early adolescence.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- How Is the Digital Age Shaping Young Minds? A Rapid Systematic Review of Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents with Exposure to ICT.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Brief Report: Longitudinal Trajectory of Working Memory in School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum: Period of High Plasticity and "Late Bloomers".Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Infant EEG microstate dynamics relate to fine-grained patterns of infant attention during naturalistic play with caregivers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Auditory sequence learning with degraded input: children with cochlear implants ('nature effect') compared to children from low and high socio-economic backgrounds ('nurture effect').Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Interpreting insect behavior through the lens of executive functions.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- On the Broader Significance of Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers' Early and Later Sensitive Parenting Matter to Children's Language, Executive Function, Academics, and Self-Reliance.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Comparative Study of the Development of Executive Functions in Children: Transition from the First Cycle to the Second Cycle of Early Childhood Education.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Parent-Led Applied Behavior Analysis to Impact Clinical Outcomes for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Retrospective Chart Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Patterns of life stress and the development of ruminative brooding in adolescence: A person-centered approach.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Birth Season and Sex on Motor Skills in 2-Year-Old Children: A Study in Jinhua, Eastern China.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Executive functions (EFs) are cognitive processes that support flexible goal pursuit. Healthy development of EFs during childhood is critical for later life outcomes including health, wealth and educational attainment. As such it is crucial to understand how EFs can be supported and protected against insult. Here we examine whether there are sensitive periods in the development of EFs, by drawing on deprivation and enrichment studies in humans. While there is suggestive evidence that pre-6 months of age constitutes a sensitive period for EF development, given the higher-order nature of EF, we argue for the possibility of multiple sensitive periods of constituent processes. We identify relevant future questions and outline a research agenda to systematically test for sensitive period in EF development.
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