Executive Functions

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Andrews, K., Atkinson, L., Harris, M. & Gonzalez, A. (2020). Examining the effects of household chaos on child executive functions: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 2020-11-05. doi.org/10.1037/bul0000311

Andreoni, J., Di Girolamo, A., List, J. A., Mackevicius, C., Samek, A. (2020). Risk preferences of children and adolescents in relation to gender, cognitive skills, soft skills, and executive functions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 729-742. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.05.002

Baggetta, P., & Alexander, P. A. (2016). Conceptualization and operationalization of executive function. Mind, Brain, and Education, 10(1), 10-33. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12100

Bardeen, J. R., Gorday, J. Y., & Weathers, F. W. (2022). Executive functioning deficits exacerbate posttraumatic stress symptoms: A longitudinal mediation model. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 87, 102556. doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102556

Barkley, R. A. (2012). Executive functions: What they are, how the work, and why they evolved. Guilford Press.

Barker, J. E., Semenov, A. D., Michaelson, L., Provan, L. S., Snyder, H. R., & Munakata, Y. (2014). Less-structured time in children's daily lives predicts self-directed executive functioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 593. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00593

Barnes, M. A. (2023). Executive functions: What are they good for? A perspective from intervention research. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12371

Best, J. R., & Miller, P. H. (2010). A developmental perspective on executive function. Child Development, 81(6), 1641–1660. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01499.x

Best, J. R., Miller, P. H., & Naglieri, J. A. (2011). Relations between executive function and academic achievement from ages 5 to 17 in a large, representative national sample. Learning and Individual Difference, 21(4), 327–336. doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2011.01.007

Bialystok, E. (2015). Bilingualism and the development of executive function: The role of attention. Child Development Perspectives, 9(2), 117-121. doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12116

Bjorklund, D. F. (2022). Children’s evolved learning abilities and their implications for education. Educational Psychology Review, 1-31. doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09688-z

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Bowmer, A., Mason, K., Knight, J., & Welch, G. (2018). Investigating the impact of a musical intervention on preschool children’s executive function. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 2389. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02389

Brito, N. H., Noble, K. G., & Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, Genetics Study. (2018). The independent and interacting effects of socioeconomic status and dual‐language use on brain structure and cognition. Developmental Science, Article e12688. doi.org/10.1111/desc.12688

Bunge, S. A. (2024). How should we slice up the executive function pie? Striving toward an ontology of cognitive control processes. Mind, Brain, and Education, 18(1), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12403

Burgess, A. N., & Cutting, L. E. (2023). The behavioral and neurobiological relationships between executive function and reading: A review of current and preliminary findings. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12378

Butterfuss, R., Kendeou, P., McMaster, K. L., Orcutt, E., & Bulut, O. (2022). Question timing, language comprehension, and executive function in inferencing. Scientific Studies of Reading, 26(1), 61-78. doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2021.1901903

Carlson, S. (2020, October 26). Executive function skills are the roots of success. [Video]. (0:13:34). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvyTiC_byOo

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (n.d.). Activities guide: Enhancing and practicing executive function skills with children from infancy to adolescence. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/activities-guide-enhancing-and-practicing-executive-function-skills-with-children-from-infancy-to-adolescence/

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2011). Building the brain’s “air traffic control” system: How early experiences shape the development of executive function: Working Paper No. 11. https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/How-early-Experiences-Shape-the-Development-of-Executive-Function.pdf

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (n.d.). InBrief: Executive function: Skills for life and learning. [Video]. (0:5:36). https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-executive-function-skills-for-life-and-learning

Chan, J. Y. C., & Scalise, N. R. (2022). Numeracy skills mediate the relation between executive function and mathematics achievement in early childhood. Cognitive Development, 62, 101154. doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101154

Chen, C., Chen, C., Xue, G., Dong, Q., Zhao, L., & Zhang, S. (2020). Parental warmth interacts with several genes to affect executive function components: A genome-wide environment interaction study. BMC Genetics, 21(1), 1-11. doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-0819-8

Cheung, S. K., & Chan, W. W. L. (2022). The roles of different executive functioning skills in young children’s mental computation and applied mathematical problem-solving. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 40(1), 151-169. doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12396

Cristofori, I., Cohen-Zimerman, S., _ Grafman, J. (2019). Executive functions. Handbook of clinical neurology, 163, 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804281-6.00011-2

Committee For Children, (2016). Executive functions: Why they are skills for a lifetime. [Video]. (0:2:36). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZLXggsK6oA

Corbo, I., & Casagrande, M. (2022). Higher-level executive functions in healthy elderly and mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(5), 1204. doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051204

Cirino, P. T. (2023). Framing executive function as a construct and its relation to academic achievement. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12360

Cumming, M. M., Zelazo, P. D., Smith, S. W., & Flores, H. R. (2022). Self-regulation and executive function: The Foundation for Student Success. In M. Cumming, P.D. Zelazo, S.W. Smith, and H.R. Flores’ Handbook of special education research, Volume I (pp. 285-298). Routledge.

Daly, M., McMinn, D., & Allan, J. L. (2015). A bidirectional relationship between physical activity and executive function in older adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, Article 1044. doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.01044

Dawson, P., & Guare, R. (2018). Executive skills in children and adolescents: A practice guide to assessment and intervention. (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.

Demetriou, E. A., Lampit, A., Quintana, D. S., Naismith, S. L., Song, Y. J. C., Pye, J. E., Hickie, I., & Guastella, A. J. (2018). Autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis of executive function. Molecular psychiatry, 23(5), 1198-1204. doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.75

Diamond A. (2012). Activities and Programs That Improve Children's Executive Functions. Current directions in psychological science, 21(5), 335–341. doi.org/10.1177/0963721412453722

Diamond, A. (2013). Executive functions. Annual Review of Psychology, 64,135–68. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143750

Diamond, A. (2013). Development of executive functions. [Video]. (0:38:15). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd8YO6sveS4

Diamond, A. (2016, August 1). Executive-function skills: Important for childhood development. [Video]. (0:02:36). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZLXggsK6oA

Diamond, A. (2019, January 29). Adele Diamond executive functions @ the SimmsMann Institute think tank. [Video]. (0:22:42). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6sxBcFexM&ab_channel=ParkUniek

Diamond, A., & Lee, K. (2011). Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old. Science, 333(6045), 956–964. doi.org/10.1126/science.1204529

Diamond, A. (2022, January 29). Optimizing executive functions in children and adults with ADHD. [Video]. (0:57:36). Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5M_JSHQiio

D'Intino, J. (2022). Evaluating the rationale and evidence supporting executive functions skills instruction in the classroom: A critical review. Psychology in the Schools. doi.org/10.1002/pits.22825

Doebel, S. (2020). Rethinking Executive Function and Its Development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 942-956. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620904771

Doebel, S., & Lillard, A. S. (2023). How does play foster development? A new executive function perspective. Developmental Review, 67, 101064. doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2022.101064

Dohle, S., Diel, K., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Executive functions and the self-regulation of eating behavior: A review. Appetite, 124, 4-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.041

Drakopoulos, J., Sparding, T., Clements, C., Pålsson, E., & Landén, M. (2020). Executive functioning but not IQ or illness severity predicts occupational status in bipolar disorder. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 8(1), Article 7. doi.org/10.1186/s40345-019-0168-6

Edutopia. (2019). Developing executive function with priority lists. [Video]. (0:3:49). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhoXKhkQ6SE

Edutopia. (2019). What’s executive function - and why does it matter? [Video]. (0:2:01). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhbNxXbJ5qw

Egger, F., Benzing, V., Conzelmann, A., & Schmidt, M. (2019). Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children’s executive functions and academic achievement. PloS One, 14(3), Article e0212482. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212482

Engelhardt, L. E., Harden, K. P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., & Church, J. A. (2019). The neural architecture of executive functions is established by middle childhood. NeuroImage, 185, 479-489. doi.org/10.1101/251447

Faja, S., Dawson, G., Sullivan, K., Meltzoff, A. N., Estes, A., & Bernier, R. (2016). Executive function predicts the development of play skills for verbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research. doi.org/10.1002/aur.1608 

Farroni, T., Della Longa, L., & Valori, I. (2022). The self-regulatory affective touch: a speculative framework for the development of executive functioning. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 43, 167-173. doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.10.007

Ferguson, H. J., Brunsdon, V. E., & Bradford, E. E. (2021). The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1382. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80866-1

Fernandez-Prieto, M., Moreira, C., Cruz, S., Campos, V., Martínez-Regueiro, R., Taboada, M., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2020). Executive functioning: A mediator between sensory processing and behaviour in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-13. doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04648-4

Fine, A., Steinberg, L., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2016). Self-control assessments and implications for predicting adolescent offending. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(4), 701-712. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0425-2

Fiske, A., de Klerk, C., Lui, K. Y., Collins-Jones, L., Hendry, A., Greenhalgh, I., ... & Holmboe, K. (2022). The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. NeuroImage, 257, 119241. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119241

Friedman, N. P., Hatoum, A. S., Gustavson, D. E. (2020). Executive functions and impulsivity are genetically distinct and independently predict psychopathology: Results from two adult twin studies. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(3), 519-538. doi.org/10.1177/2167702619898814

Friedman, N. P., & Robbins, T. W. (2022). The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(1), 72-89. doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01132-0

Gao, C., Wang, F., Chen, J., Tong, Y., & Chen, Y. (2024). Effects of playing an interactive educational App on children's learning and executive function. Mind, Brain, and Education, 18(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12431

Goita, B., Bruno, D., Abrevaya, S., Sedeño, L., Ibáñez, A., Manes, F., Sigman, M., Sinay, V. Torralva, T., Duncan, J., Roca, M. (2020). The relationship between executive functions and fluid intelligence in multiple sclerosis. PLOSONE, 15(4), Article e0231868. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231868

Grammer, J. K., & Ahmed, S. F. (2023). Informing the development of school‐based strategies to promote children's executive function skills: Considerations, challenges, and future directions. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12368

Gustavson, D. E., Reynolds, C. A., Corley, R. P., Wadsworth, S. J., Hewitt, J. K., & Friedman, N. P. (2022). Genetic associations between executive functions and intelligence: A combined twin and adoption study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. doi.org/10.1037/xge0001168

Hackman, D. A., Gallop, R., Evans, G. W., & Farah, M. J. (2015). Socioeconomic status and executive function: Developmental trajectories and mediation. Developmental Science, 18(5), 686-702. doi.org/10.1111/desc.12246

Habibi, A., Damasio, A., Ilari, B., Elliott Sachs, M., & Damasio, H. (2018). Music training and child development: A review of recent findings from a longitudinal study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1423(1), 73-81.  https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13606

Hall, M. L., Eigsti, I. M., Bortfeld, H., & Lillo-Martin, D. (2018). Executive function in deaf children: Auditory access and language access. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(8), 1970-1988. doi.org/10.1044/2018_jslhr-l-17-0281

Holmes, C. J., Kim-Spoon, J., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2016). Linking executive function and peer problems from early childhood through middle adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(1), 31-42. doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-0044-5

Homer, B. D., Ober, T. M., Rose, M. C., MacNamara, A., Mayer, R. E., & Plass, J. L. (2019). Speed versus accuracy: Implications of adolescents' neurocognitive developments in a digital game to train executive functions. Mind, Brain, and Education, 13(1), 41-52. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12189

Homer, B. D., Plass, J. L., Raffaele, C., Ober, T. M., & Ali, A. (2018). Improving high school students' executive functions through digital game play. Computers & Education, 117, 50-58. doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.09.011

Hopfinger, J. B., & Slotnick, S. D. (2020). Attentional control and executive function. Cognitive Neuroscience, 11(1-2), 1-4. doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2019.1682985

Hough, C. M., Luks, T. L., Lai, K., Vigil, O., Guillory, S., Fekri, S. M., Kupferman, E., Mathalon, D. H., & Mathews, C. A. (2016). Comparison of brain activation patterns during executive function tasks in hoarding disorder and non-hoarding OCD. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 255, 50-59. doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.07.007

Howard, S. J., & Vasseleu, E. (2020). Self-regulation and executive function longitudinally predict advanced learning in preschool. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 49. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00049

Huang, A. S., Klein, D. N., & Leung, H. C. (2016). Load-related brain activation predicts spatial working memory performance in youth aged 9–12 and is associated with executive function at earlier ages. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2015.10.007

Ibrahim-Verbaas, C. A., Bressler, J., Debette, S., Schuur, M., Smith, A. V., Bis, J. C., ... & Chibnik, L. B. (2016). GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests involvement of the CADM2 gene. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(2), 189-197. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.37

Jacob, R., & Parkinson, J. (2015). The potential for school-based interventions that target executive function to improve academic achievement: A review. Review of Educational Research, 85(4), 512-552. doi.org/10.3102/0034654314561338

Johann, V. E., & Karbach, J. (2022). The relations between personality, components of executive functions, and intelligence in children and young adults. Psychological Research, 86(6), 1904-1917. doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01623-1

Johannsen, M., & Krüger, N. (2022). Investigating the relation of intelligence and executive functions in children and adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities. Children, 9(6), 818. doi.org/10.3390/children9060818

Kassai, R., Futo, J., Demetrovics, Z., & Takacs, Z. K. (2019). A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence on the near-and far-transfer effects among children’s executive function skills. Psychological Bulletin, 145(2), 165-188. doi.org/10.1037/bul0000180 

Karr, J. E., Areshenkoff, C. N., Rast, P., Hofer, S. M., Iverson, G. L., & Garcia-Barrera, M. A. (2018). The unity and diversity of executive functions: A systematic review and re-analysis of latent variable studies. Psychological Bulletin, 144(11), 1147-1185. doi.org/10.1037/bul0000160

Kook, J. F. (2022). Questions that fuel the mind: Exploring the associations between teacher-child higher-level interaction and preschoolers’ development of executive functions. Early Education and Development, 1-23. doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2098767

Lawson, G. M., Hook, C. J., & Farah, M. J. (2018). A meta‐analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status and executive function performance among children. Developmental Science, 21(2), Article e12529. doi.org/10.1111/desc.12529

Landi, N. (2023). Executive function, academic skills, and learning disabilities: Integrative commentary. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12387

Landis, T. D., Garcia, A. M., Hart, K. C., & Graziano, P. A. (2020). Differentiating symptoms of ADHD in preschoolers: The role of Emotion Regulation and Executive Function. Journal of Attention Disorders. doi.org/10.1177/1087054719896858

Li, H., Wu, D., Yang, J., Xie, S., Chang, C., & Luo, J. (2022). Bilinguals have more effective executive function: Evidence from an fNIRS study of the neural correlates of cognitive shifting. International Journal of Bilingualism, 13670069221076375. doi.org/10.1177/136700692210763

Lilard, A.S. and Petersen, J. (2011). The immediate impact of different types of television on young children's executive function. Pediatrics,128(4), e1-e6. doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-1919

Lin, B., Liew, J., & Perez, M. (2019). Measurement of self-regulation in early childhood: Relations between laboratory and performance-based measures of effortful control and executive functioning. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 1-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.10.004

Luciana, M. (2016). Executive Function in adolescence: A commentary on regulatory control and depression in adolescents: Findings from neuroimaging and neuropsychological research. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(1), 84-89. doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2015.1123638

MacPherson, S. E., Gillebert, C. R., Robinson, G. A., & Vallesi, A. (2019). Intra-and Inter-individual variability of executive functions: Determinant and modulating factors in healthy and pathological conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 432. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00432

Meltzer, L. (Ed.). (2018). Executive function in education: From theory to practice. Guilford Publications.

Menon, V., & D’Esposito, M. (2022). The role of PFC networks in cognitive control and executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(1), 90-103.

Miller-Cotto, D., Smith, L. V., Wang, A. H., & Ribner, A. D. (2022). Changing the conversation: A culturally responsive perspective on executive functions, minoritized children and their families. Infant and Child Development, 31(1), e2286. doi.org/10.1002/icd.2286

Miyake, A., & Friedman, N. P. (2012). The nature and organization of individual differences in executive functions four general conclusions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(1), 8-14. doi.org/10.1177/0963721411429458

Morgan, P. L., Farkas, G., Hillemeier, M. M., Pun, W. H., & Maczuga, S. (2018). Kindergarten children's executive functions predict their second-grade academic achievement and behavior. Child Development, 00(0), 1-15. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13095

Moriguchi, Y. (2022). Relationship between cool and hot executive function in young children: A near‐infrared spectroscopy study. Developmental Science, 25(2), e13165. doi.org/10.1111/desc.13165

Moriguchi, Y., Chevalier, N., & Zelazo, P. D. (2016). Editorial: Development of executive function during childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00006

Munakata, Y., Snyder, H.R., & Chatham, C.H. (2012). Developing cognitive control: Three key transitions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 71-77. doi.org/10.1177/0963721412436807

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Nesbitt, K. T., Farran, D. C., & Fuhs, M. W. (2015). Executive function skills and academic achievement gains in prekindergarten: Contributions of learning-related behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 51(7), 865-878. doi.org/10.1037/dev0000021

Nieto, M., Romero, D., Ros, L., Zabala, C., Martínez, M., Ricarte, J. J., Serrano, J. P., & Latorre, J. M. (2019). Differences in coping strategies between young and older adults: The role of executive functions. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 0091415018822040. doi.org/10.1177/0091415018822040

NYU Langone Health. (2017). Building organizational skills and executive functions in children with ADHD. [Video]. (0:31:32). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDlx3q1zGk

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Ogilvie, J. M., Stewart, A. L., Chan, R. C., & Shum, D. H. (2011). Neuropsychological measures of executive function and antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis. Criminology, 49(4), 1063-1107. doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00252.x

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Palacios-Barrios, E. E., & Hanson, J. L. (2019). Poverty and self-regulation: Connecting psychosocial processes, neurobiology, and the risk for psychopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 90, 52-64. doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.12.012

Park, M., Brain, U., Grunau, R. E., Diamond, A., & Oberlander, T. F. (2018). Maternal depression trajectories from pregnancy to 3 years postpartum are associated with children’s behavior and executive functions at 3 and 6 years. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 21(3), 353-363. doi.org/10.1007/s00737-017-0803-0

Pascual, A. C., Muñoz, N. M., Robres, A. Q. (2019). The relationship between executive functions and academic performance in primary education: Review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1582), 1-18. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01582

Peñarrubia, M., Palacios, J., & Román, M. (2020). Executive function and early adversity in internationally adopted children. Children and Youth Services Review, 108, Article 104587. doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104587

Peng, P. (2023). The role of executive function in reading development and reading intervention. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12375

Pharo, H., Sim, C., Graham, M., Gross, J., & Hayne, H. (2011). Risky business: Executive function, personality, and reckless behavior during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125(6), 970-978. doi.org/10.1037/a0025768

Piccolo, L. R., Merz, E. C., Noble, K. G., & Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics Study. (2019). School climate is associated with cortical thickness and executive function in children and adolescents. Developmental Science, 22(1), Article e12719. doi.org/10.1111/desc.12719

Pratt, T. C. (2016). A self-control/life-course theory of criminal behavior. European Journal of Criminology, 13(1), 129-146. doi.org/10.1177/1477370815587771

Pugliese, C. E., Anthony, L. G., Strang, J. F., Dudley, K., Wallace, G. L., Naiman, D. Q., & Kenworthy, L. (2016). Longitudinal examination of adaptive behavior in autism spectrum disorders: Influence of executive function. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(2), 467-477. doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2584-5

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