ArticleBrain sciences2023
Executive Functions and Language Skills in Preschool Children: The Unique Contribution of Verbal Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility.
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- Examining the relationship between language development, executive function, and screen time: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Home Parenting Environment and Executive Function Development in 5- to 6-Year-Old Children: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study Using Multivariate Latent Growth Modeling.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Executive Function and Language Expression in Preschool Children: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Study.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Executive Functioning as a Mediator Between Digital Media Exposure and Communication Outcomes in Children and Adolescents.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Screen Time, Digital Content Quality, and Parental Mediation as Predictors of Linguistic and Pragmatic Development: Implications for Pediatric and Preventive Health.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Developmental Trajectories of Transcription and Oral Language Skills in Kindergarten Students: The Influence of Executive Functions and Home Literacy Practices.Journal of Intelligence · 2025Article
- Pragmatic comprehension and inferential ability: interplay with executive functions and Theory of Mind.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Links Between Executive Functions and Decoding Skills in a Semitransparent Orthography: A Longitudinal Study from Kindergarten to First Grade.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Bridging the gap: the impact of parental education and child leisure activities on cognitive and socioemotional skills in preschoolers.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Understanding of ironic and literal utterances in 4-9-year-old typically developing children: role of age, narrative skills, emotion comprehension and executive functions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Cognitive abilities in a sample of young Swedish children.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The development of language skills requires a range of linguistic abilities and cognitive processes, such as executive functions (EFs, i.e., a set of skills involved in goal-directed activities which are crucial for regulating thoughts and actions). Despite progress in understanding the link between language and EFs, the need for more research on the extent and directionality of this link is undeniable. This study examined whether specific components of EFs account for a significant amount of variance in language abilities above and beyond gender, age, and nonverbal intelligence. The sample comprised 79 typically developing children attending the last year of preschool (
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