In this presentation I will discuss how life experiences shape children's executive function.
Summary
Executive function refers to the capacity we have as humans for controlling our thoughts, actions and even emotions in the service of goals, often requiring the suppression of habitual or default responses. Executive function skills develop dramatically in childhood and tend to predict important outcomes. Hence there has been great interest in understanding how these skills develop and can be intervened upon to improve children’s success and wellbeing. Yet despite decades of research but there remain important unanswered questions about how experience shapes these skills, the extent to which these skills are domain general versus context specific, and the extent to which they can be measured in standardized yet culturally meaningful ways. In this talk I will touch on these issues as I share some highlights from my research program and discuss key future directions.
Speaker
Dr Sabine Doebel, George Mason University
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