Development of Executive Function in Early Childhood - Zelazo, Philip David (University of Toronto) a Muller, Ulrich (Pennsylvania State University) a Frye, Douglas (University of Pennsylvania) a Marcovitch, Stuart (New York State Institute for Basin Research)

This monograph concerns the psychological processes underlying the development of executive function, or the conscious control of thought and action. It has long been clear that these processes change considerably in early childhood, transforming a relatively stimulus--driven toddler into a child capable of flexible, goal--directed problem solving.