Early executive functioning in a global context: Developmental continuity and family protective factors

Executive functioning in early childhood: etiology and developmental significance

iv ACKOWLEDGEMENTS The present research was support by grant HD068435 awarded to Dr. Saudino. In addition to this financial support, this work would not have been possible without the support of my colleagues, family, and friends. First and foremost, I am grateful to my mentor, Dr. Kimberly Saudino, not only for allowing me to work with the Boston University Twin Project sample, but also for he...

Executive functioning early in abstinence from alcohol.

BACKGROUND Executive dysfunction is among the cognitive impairments that may persist after abstinence in alcohol-dependent persons. The type(s) and extent of executive dysfunction early in abstinence have not been well characterized, but they may have important implications for the evolution of behavioral treatment strategies. METHODS To determine which aspects of executive functioning were i...

Executive functioning in adults and children with developmental dyslexia.

The performance of developmentally dyslexic children and adults was studied upon a range of tasks that involved executive functioning. Both adult and child samples of dyslexics were found to under-perform on the group-embedded figures test. This test required the identification of constituent parts from within complex visual arrays, with good performance necessitating the inhibition of the proc...

Developmental Continuity in Infants’ Early Lexical Representations

Executive Functioning, Motor Difficulties, and Developmental Coordination Disorder.

The current study assessed a comprehensive range of executive functions (EFs) in children with poor motor skills, comparing profiles of children with a diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and those identified with motor difficulties (MD). Children in both groups performed more poorly than typically developing controls on nonverbal measures of working memory, inhibition, plann...