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Friedman, Naomi P.; Miyake, Akira; Robinson, JoAnn L.; Hewitt, John K. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
We examined whether self-restraint in early childhood predicted individual differences in 3 executive functions (EFs; inhibiting prepotent responses, updating working memory, and shifting task sets) in late adolescence in a sample of approximately 950 twins. At ages 14, 20, 24, and 36 months, the children were shown an attractive toy and told not…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Individual Differences, Genetics, Toys