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    Executive Function in Preschool-Age Children
    Integrating Measurement, Neurodevelopment, and Translational Research

    James A. Griffin (Edited by), Peggy McCardle (Edited by)

    9781433818264

    Hardback, published 14 December 2015

    352 pages
    25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.84 kg

    amp ldquo Overall, this is a nice compilation of a range of information about executive functioning from general descriptions of what EFs are and how they develop to in-depth discussion of assessment, neurobiological mechanisms and functions, family risk and treatment development. amp rdquo -New England Psychologist

    amp ldquo In the current robust political and policy environment, it seems that this sort of work is poised for success: We should be able to apply what we know about positive trajectories and risk factors to a period of development that lays the groundwork for the rest of life. I hop ethe authors write a second volume that goes on to provide us with more answers about effective interventions, answers that will have a greater effect on public policy in this area. amp rdquo -PsycCRITIQUES

    A primary aim of the neuropsychological revolution has been the mapping of what has come to be known as executive function (EF). This term encompasses a range of mental processes such as working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility that, together, regulate our social behavior, and our emotional and cognitive well-being.
    In this book, top scientists from a variety of fields investigate executive function as it develops in early childhood. Because researchers differ in how they conceptualize basic processes and even in how they define EF itself, contributors begin by discussing comparability and replicability, key issues of primary importance to those seeking to move the field to a new level of rigor. Next, they tackle the nuts-and-bolts of the development of EF in preschoolers, including the neurobiological mechanisms and circuitry that underlie EF development as well as the role of EF in assessing risk and its counterpart, resilience. Finally, they highlight exciting new clinical applications of EF research, including the use of EF in contextualizing and assessing family risk, the impact of socioeconomic status on neurological development, and the promotion of EF development through early education programs.

    Contributors

    Introduction to Executive Function in Preschool-Age Children
    James A. Griffin, Lisa S. Freund, Peggy McCardle, Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, and Abigail Haydon

    I. Conceptualization and Measurement of Executive Function

    1. Why Improving and Assessing Executive Functions Early in Life Is Critical
      Adele Diamond
    2. Incorporating Early Development Into the Measurement of Executive Function: The Need for a Continuum of Measures Across Development
      Stephanie M. Carlson, Susan Faja, and Danielle M. Beck
    3. Structure, Measurement, and Development of Preschool Executive Function
      Jennifer Mize Nelson, Tiffany D. James, Nicolas Chevalier, Caron A. C. Clark, and Kimberly Andrews Espy
    4. Longitudinal Measurement of Executive Function in Preschoolers
      Michael T. Willoughby and Clancy B. Blair
    5. Conceptions of Executive Function and Regulation: When and to What Degree Do They Overlap?
      Nancy Eisenberg and Qing Zhou

    II. Neurodevelopment and Executive Function

    1. Infant Cognitive Abilities: Potential Building Blocks of Later Executive Functions
      Susan A. Rose, Judith F. Feldman, and Jeffery J. Jankowski
    2. Psychobiology of Executive Function in Early Development
      Martha Ann Bell and Kimberly Cuevas
    3. Imaging Executive Functions in Typically and Atypically Developed Children
      Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Scott K. Holland, and Lisa S. Freund
    4. Development of Selective Sustained Attention: The Role of Executive Functions
      Anna Fisher and Heidi Kloos

    III. Executive Function and Translational Research on Risk and Prevention

    1. Preschool Executive Functions in the Context of Family Risk
      Megan M. McClelland, Leslie D. Leve, and Katherine C. Pears
    2. Socioeconomic Status and the Development of Executive Function: Behavioral and Neuroscience Approaches
      Gwendolyn M. Lawson, Cayce J. Hook, Daniel A. Hackman, and Martha J. Farah
    3. Assessing Developmental Trajectories of Executive Function in Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Preschoolers: Opportunities and Challenges
      Margaret O'Brien Caughy, Margaret Tresch Owen, and Jamie Hurst DeLuna
    4. Promoting the Development of Executive Functions Through Early Education and Prevention Programs
      Karen L. Bierman and Marcela Torres
    5. Conceptual Clutter and Measurement Mayhem: Proposals for Cross-Disciplinary Integration in Conceptualizing and Measuring Executive Function
      Frederick J. Morrison and Jennie K. Grammer

    Index

    About the Editors
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