Introduction : development and plasticity of executive function across the life span / Sandra A. Wiebe & Julia Karbach -- Part I. Characterizing executive function development across the life span. Emergence of executive function in infancy / Kimberly Cuevas, Vinaya Rajan, & Lauren J. Bryant -- Executive function in early and middle childhood / Nicolas Chevalier & Caron A.C. Clark -- Executive function development in adolescence / Eveline A. Crone, Sabine Peters, & Nikolaus Steinbeis -- Executive function development in aging / Karen Z.H. Li, Kiran K. Vadaga, Halina Bruce, & Laurence Lai -- Part II. Understanding mechanisms of executive function development and plasticity. Neural mechanisms of executive function development during early childhood / Yusuke Moriguchi -- Aging and the neural correlates of executive function / Robert West -- Genetic influences on executive functions across the life span / James J. Li & Delanie K. Roberts -- Computational models of executive function development / Aaron T. Buss -- Part III. Environmental, cultural, and lifestyle factors that shape executive function development across the life span. Adversity and stress : implications for the development of executive functions / Jenna E. Finch & Jelena Obradović -- Parental influences on children's executive function : a differentiated approach / Claire Hughes & Rory T. Devine -- Bilingualism and the development of executive function in children : the interplay of languages and cognition / Gregory J. Poarch & Janet G. van Hell -- Physical activity, exercise, and executive functions / Nicolas Berryman, Kristell Pothier, & Louis Bherer -- Cognitive training to promote executive functions / Matthias Kliegel, Alexandra Hering, Andreas Ihle, & Sascha Zuber -- Part IV. Atypical patterns of executive function development across the life span. Executive dysfunction in very preterm children and associated brain pathology / Elisha K. Josev & Peter J. Anderson -- Executive functions and developmental psychopathology : neurobiology of emotion regulation in adolescent depression and anxiety / Kristina L. Gelardi, Veronika Vilgis, & Amanda E. Guyer -- Executive function and substance misuse : neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and consequences of use / Monica Luciana & Emily Ewan -- Trajectories and modifiers of executive function : normal aging to neurodegenerative disease / G. Peggy McFall, Shraddha Sapkota, Sherilyn Thibeau, & Roger A. Dixon.
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