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19 - Development of Executive Function Skills in Childhood

Relevance for Important Life Outcomes

from Subpart II.2 - Childhood and Adolescence: The Development of Human Thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

By
Keith Happaney  and
Philip David Zelazo
Edited by
Olivier Houdé  and
Grégoire Borst
Olivier Houdé
Affiliation:
Université de Paris V
Grégoire Borst
Affiliation:
Université de Paris V
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Summary

Executive function (EF) skills are a set of neurocognitive skills required for the conscious, goal-directed control of thought, action, and emotion. These skills make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequence of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future (e.g., Diamond, 2013; Zelazo et al., 2016).

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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development , pp. 427 - 451
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Print publication year: 2022

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