Developing Cognitive Control Processes

The collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development provide scholars, students, and practitioners with access to the work of key researchers in human development. This volume focuses on changes in our understanding of cogisnitive control processes constructs important to the field since Wundt and Freud. Our understanding of these constructs has advanced dramatically in recent years both empirically and conceptually. This collection brings generalists and specialists alike up-to-date on this central process of human development and the implications for this new knowledge on school success and other areas.

The collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in thefield of child development provide scholars, students, andpractitioners with access to the work of key researchers in humandevelopment. This volume focuses on changes in our understanding ofcogisnitive control processes--constructs important to thefield since Wundt and Freud. Our understanding of these constructshas advanced dramatically in recent years--both empiricallyand conceptually. This collection brings generalists andspecialists alike up-to-date on this central process of humandevelopment and the implications for this new knowledge on schoolsuccess and other areas.

Preface viiList of Contributors xi1 What Is Cognitive Control? 1Philip David Zelazo and Jacob E. AndersonPART I: Mechanisms2 Development of Neural Networks Supporting Goal-DirectedBehavior 23Elizabeth L. Johnson, Sarah E. Munro, and Silvia A.Bunge3 Developing Cognitive Control: The Costs and Benefits ofActive, Abstract Representations 55Yuko Munakata, Hannah R. Snyder, and Christopher H.Chatham4 The Emerging Executive: Using Dynamic Neural Fields toUnderstand the Development of Cognitive Control 91John P. Spencer and Aaron T. BussPART II: Implications5 Stress and the Development of Executive Functions:Experiential Canalization of Brain and Behavior 145Clancy Blair6 Individual Differences in Child Temperament and Their Effecton Cognitive Control 181Nathan A. FoxPART III: Interventions7 Want to Optimize Executive Functions and Academic Outcomes?Simple, Just Nourish the Human Spirit 205Adele DiamondPART IV: Reflections8 Development of Cognitive Control: Where Are We andWhat's Next? 233Maria D. Sera and Nicole ScottAuthor Index 247Subject Index 261