Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory: Faculty and Staff Publications
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Assessment Of Executive Function In Preschool-Aged Children, Peter K. Isquith, Jennifer S. Crawford, Kimberly A. Espy, Gerard G. Gioia
Assessment Of Executive Function In Preschool-Aged Children, Peter K. Isquith, Jennifer S. Crawford, Kimberly A. Espy, Gerard G. Gioia
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory: Faculty and Staff Publications
Assessment of the overarching self-regulatory mechanisms, or executive functions, in any age group is challenging, in part due to the complexity of this domain, in part due to their dynamic essence, and in part due to the inextricable links between these central processes and the associated domain-specific processes, such as language, motor function, and attention, over which they preside. While much progress has been made in clinical assessment approaches for measuring executive functions in adults and to some extent in adolescents and school-aged children, the toolkit for the preschool evaluator remains sparse. The past decade, however, has seen a substantial …