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Direct linkRebecca Ward; Justin Awani – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study aimed to closely replicate Wiseheart et al. ("Bilingualism: Language and Cognition," 19(1), 141-146, 2016) by investigating the transferability of language-switching skills to nonlinguistic task switching. Current evidence is mixed and there is a need to conduct robust replications in this area. Bilingual (n = 31) and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Executive Function, Task Analysis
Xiaoliang Zhu; Yixin Tang; Jiaqi Lu; Minyuan Song; Chunliang Yang; Xin Zhao – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Mathematical ability is a crucial component of human cognitive function, which is defined as the ability to acquire, process, and store mathematical information. While many studies have documented a close relationship between elementary school children's inhibitory control and their mathematical ability, existing empirical evidence remains…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Elementary School Students, Inhibition, Self Control
Lillie Moffett; Christina Weiland; Meghan P. McCormick; JoAnn Hsueh; Catherine Snow; Jason Sachs – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: Prior research has demonstrated the importance of young children's executive functioning (EF) skills for their success in schooling and beyond. However, the field lacks an understanding of how children's EF skills manifest in context. In the present study, we relate children's classroom off-task behavior to their EF skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Preschool Children, Time on Task, Executive Function
Ann Folker; Christina Bertrand; Yelim Hong; Laurence Steinberg; Natasha Duell; Lei Chang; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A. Dodge; Sevtap Gurdal; Daranee Junla; Jennifer E. Lansford; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T. Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Marc H. Bornstein; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong; Liane Peña Alampay; Suha M. Al-Hassan; Dario Bacchini; Kirby Deater-Deckard – Developmental Science, 2025
Executive functioning (EF) is an important developing self-regulatory process that has implications for academic, social, and emotional outcomes. Most work in EF has focused on childhood, and less has examined the development of EF throughout adolescence and into emerging adulthood. The present study assessed longitudinal trajectories of EF from…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Adolescents, Young Adults, Age Differences
Nellie van den Bos; Suzanne Houwen; Marina Schoemaker; Sara Rosenblum – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study tests a handwriting model for children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that displays the relationships between handwriting process and product characteristics, and the predictors of these characteristics. Structural Equation Modelling was used to test the model for children and youth with ASD (n = 50) and typically…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Handwriting
Lenard A. Adler; Deepti Anbarasan; Taylor Sardoff; Terry Leon; Richard Gallagher; Caleb A. Massimi; Stephen V. Faraone – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: To examine the effects of triple beaded mixed amphetamine salts (TB MAS) on ADHD and executive dysfunction symptoms throughout the day in adults with DSM-5 ADHD. Method: This was a 6 week, single-blind, placebo-lead in trial of TB MAS (12.5-37.5 mg/day); all participants received 2 weeks of single-blind placebo); one individual was a…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Drug Therapy, Executive Function
Michelle Kiep; Annelies Spek; Eva Ceulemans; Ilse Noens – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: One of the core features that can be experienced by adults on the autism spectrum is hyper- and hyporeactivity to sensory stimuli. Research suggests that executive functioning (EF) impairments are related to sensory issues. In this study the relationship between sensory processing issues and EF was investigated. We expected sensory…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Executive Function, Sensory Experience
Andy C . Y. Tse; Venus H. L. Liu; Paul H. Lee; David I. Anderson; Kimberley Dawn Lakes – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Physical exercise is widely reported beneficial to executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorder. However, its impact on self-regulation in the population remains unknown. This study is to test whether two types of physical exercise (cognitively engaging vs non-cognitively engaging) benefited self-regulation and whether the social,…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Self Management, Executive Function, Physical Activities
Jessica Blume; Chathurika S. Dhanasekara; Chanaka N. Kahathuduwa; Ann M. Mastergeorge – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Atypical connectivity patterns have been observed for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), particularly across the triple-network model. The current study investigated brain-behavior relationships in the context of social skills and executive function profiles for ASD youth. We calculated connectivity measures from diffusion tensor…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence, Youth
Freda Jia Xin Jong; Alvin Lai Oon Ng; Cheng Kar Phang; Safa Omran; Siew Li Teoh – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are secular trainings shown to enhance cognitive function, but their effectiveness among tertiary students has not been critically evaluated. This review synthesized evidence from randomized controlled trials on the impact of MBIs on cognitive improvement in tertiary students. Databases including Medline and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, College Students, Cognitive Ability
Xinli Zhang; Yuchen Chen; Lailin Hu; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Yun-Fang Tu – International Journal of STEM Education, 2025
Background: In the digital age, fostering young children's computational thinking (CT) and executive functions (EFs) through programming has emerged as a significant research issue. While unplugged programming activities are commonly adopted in preschools, robot programming activities have recently gained attention for the potential to enhance…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Executive Function, Programming
Yuchen Pan; Yongtao Xiao – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
The study aimed to explore spoken language and executive function (EF) characteristics in 3-5-year-old prelingually deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children, and evaluate the impact of demographic variables and EF on spoken language skills. 48 DHH children and 48 typically developing children who use auditory-oral communication were recruited. All…
Descriptors: Young Children, Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Executive Function
Ángel Javier Tabullo; Gastón Ignacio Saux; María Rufina Pearson – Journal of Research in Reading, 2025
Background: Internet documents are characterised by their non-linear hyperlink structure, which allows for more flexible reading, at the cost of higher cognitive loads. Linear text reading comprehension skills contribute to hypertext comprehension (either directly or through its impact on navigation behaviours) but cannot fully account for its…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Executive Function, Reading Comprehension, Hypermedia
Frédéric Thériault-Couture; Célia Matte-Gagné; Annie Bernier – Developmental Science, 2025
Executive functions (EFs) emerge in the first years of life and are essential for many areas of child development. However, intraindividual developmental trajectories of EF during toddlerhood and their associations with ongoing development of language skills remain poorly understood. The present three-wave study examined these trajectories and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Toddlers, Child Development, Language Acquisition
Gaia Scerif; Jelena Sucevic; Hannah Andrews; Emma Blakey; Sylvia U. Gattas; Amy Godfrey; Zachary Hawes; Steven J. Howard; Liberty Kent; Rebecca Merkley; Rosemary O'Connor; Fionnuala O'Reilly; Victoria Simms – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Executive functions (EF) are crucial to regulating learning and are predictors of emerging mathematics. However, interventions that leverage EF to improve mathematics remain poorly understood. 193 four-year-olds (mean age = 3 years; 11 months pre-intervention; 111 female, 69% White) were assessed 5 months apart, with 103 children randomised to an…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Executive Function, Mathematics Skills, Preschool Children
