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The Development of Executive Functions in Early Toddlerhood
Thu, April 8, 10:00 to 11:30am EDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
Executive functions (EF) are routinely examined in preschool children because they are strong predictors of school readiness and early academic achievement. Young children with developmental delays and some types of psychopathology tend to have difficulty with EF. Thus, early EF is critical for healthy development. We know a great deal about EF beginning at age 3 and we have classic early childhood EF tasks that are used in research labs in many countries. Before age 3, however, we know much less about the development of EF, partly because tasks that are developmentally appropriate at age 3 and older are not always suitable for younger ages. And yet, we know that EF has foundations in very early development, with the period between 12 and 24 months especially critical (Diamond, 2013). The four speakers in this symposium focus on the development of EF during that critical second year. The first speaker will discuss development of two types of inhibitory control from 15 to 24 months. The second speaker will assess early changes in working memory, shifting, and inhibition at 22, 24, and 26 months. Speaker three will examine the development of EF from 14 to 24 months and associations between EF and emotion regulation. The final speaker will describe the development of a new inhibitory control task that reliably captures response inhibition beginning at 16 months and continuing throughout the lifespan. Together, these four speakers will begin to fill in the gap in our knowledge about EF during the second year.
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Development of Inhibitory Control across the Second Year - Presenting Author: Martha Ann Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Non-Presenting Author: Leslie A. Patton, Virginia Tech; Non-Presenting Author: Ran Liu, Columbia University; Non-Presenting Author: Tatiana Meza-Cervera, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Non-Presenting Author: Madeleine Diane Bruce, University of Utah
Assessing Early Changes in Executive Functions: Working Memory, Shifting, and Inhibition in 22-, 24-, and 26-month-olds - Presenting Author: Sabina M Pauen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Non-Presenting Author: Philipp Horrer, University of Heidelberg
Developmental Links between Executive Function and Emotion Regulation in Early Toddlerhood - Presenting Author: Claire H Hughes, University of Cambridge; Non-Presenting Author: Sarah Foley, University of Cambridge; Non-Presenting Author: Wendy Browne, University of Cambridge; Non-Presenting Author: Anja Lindberg; Non-Presenting Author: Gabrielle McHarg, University of Cambridge; Non-Presenting Author: Rory T. Devine, University of Birmingham
Investigating the development of inhibitory control with the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task - Presenting Author: Karla Holmboe, University of Oxford; Non-Presenting Author: Alexandra Hendry, University of Oxford; Non-Presenting Author: Carina De Klerk; Non-Presenting Author: Abigail Fiske, University of Oxford; Non-Presenting Author: Martha Ann Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Non-Presenting Author: Henrik Dvergsdal, Nord University