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      Executive Functions after Age 5: Changes and Correlates.

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      Developmental review : DR
      Elsevier BV

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          Research and theorizing on executive function (EF) in childhood has been disproportionately focused on preschool age children. This review paper outlines the importance of examining EF throughout childhood, and even across the lifespan. First, examining EF in older children can address the question of whether EF is a unitary construct. The relations among the EF components, particularly as they are recruited for complex tasks, appear to change over the course of development. Second, much of the development of EF, especially working memory, shifting, and planning, occurs after age 5. Third, important applications of EF research concern the role of school-age children's EF in various aspects of school performance, as well as social functioning and emotional control. Future research needs to examine a more complete developmental span, from early childhood through late adulthood, in order to address developmental issues adequately.

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          Journal
          Dev Rev
          Developmental review : DR
          Elsevier BV
          0273-2297
          0273-2297
          Sep 01 2009
          : 29
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] University of Georgia.
          Article
          NIHMS144836
          10.1016/j.dr.2009.05.002
          2792574
          20161467
          aa1ceb75-5788-4b05-b4ae-d1f67d6b554c
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