Reference Pages for Cognition In Children
The following references address various aspects of measurement and development of executive function
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- Putkinen V, Saarikivi K. Neural correlates of enhanced executive functions: is less more? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2018 Apr 10.
- Kahl T, Grob A, Segerer R, Mohring W. Executive Functions and Visual-Spatial Skills Predict Mathematical Achievement: Asymmetrical Associations Across Age. Psychol Res. 2021 Feb;85(1):36-46.
- Nyongesa MK, Ssewanyana D, Mutua AM, et al. Assessing Executive Function in Adolescence: A Scoping Review of Existing Measures and Their Psychometric Robustness. Front Psychol. 2019;10:311.
- Schweizer S, Gotlib IH, Blakemore SJ. The role of affective control in emotion regulation during adolescence. Emotion. 2020 Feb;20(1):80-6.
- Schweizer S, Parker J, Leung JT, Griffin C, Blakemore SJ. Age-related differences in affective control and its association with mental health difficulties. Dev Psychopathol. 2020 Feb;32(1):329-41.
- Best JR, Miller PH. A developmental perspective on executive function. Child Dev. 2010 Nov-Dec;81(6):1641-60.
- Best JR, Miller PH, Naglieri JA. Relations between Executive Function and Academic Achievement from Ages 5 to 17 in a Large, Representative National Sample. Learn Individ Differ. 2011 Aug;21(4):327-36.
- Boschloo A, Krabbendam L, Aben A, de Groot R, Jolles J. Sorting Test, Tower Test, and BRIEF-SR do not predict school performance of healthy adolescents in preuniversity education. Front Psychol. 2014;5:287.
- Wade M, Prime H, Jenkins JM, Yeates KO, Williams T, Lee K. On the relation between theory of mind and executive functioning: A developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective. Psychon Bull Rev. 2018 Dec;25(6):2119-40.
- Tompkins V, Farrar MJ, Montgomery DE. Speaking Your Mind: Language and Narrative in Young Children's Theory of Mind Development. Adv Child Dev Behav. 2019;56:109-40.
- Tomasello M. How children come to understand false beliefs: A shared intentionality account. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Aug 21;115(34):8491-8.
- Luis-Ruiz S, Caldu X, Sanchez-Castaneda C, Pueyo R, Garolera M, Jurado MA. Is cognitive training an effective tool for improving cognitive function and real-life behaviour in healthy children and adolescents? A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Sep;116:268-82.
- Cohen JF, Gorski MT, Gruber SA, Kurdziel LB, Rimm EB. The effect of healthy dietary consumption on executive cognitive functioning in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Br J Nutr. 2016 Sep;116(6):989-1000.
- Adolphus K, Lawton CL, Champ CL, Dye L. The Effects of Breakfast and Breakfast Composition on Cognition in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Adv Nutr. 2016 May;7(3):590S-612S.
- Ahmed S. Working memory development from early childhood to adolescence using two nationally representative samples Dev Psychol. 2022 October ; 58(10): 1962–1973. doi:10.1037/dev0001396