A canonical trajectory of executive function maturation from adolescence to adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Theories of human neurobehavioral development suggest executive functions mature from childhood through adolescence, underlying adolescent risk-taking and the emergence of psychopathology. Investigations with relatively small datasets or narrow subsets of measures have identified general executive function development, but the specific maturational timing and independence of potential executive function subcomponents remain unknown. Integrating four independent datasets (N = 10,766; 8-35 years old) with twenty-three measures from seventeen tasks, we provide a precise charting, multi-assessment investigation, and replication of executive function development from adolescence to adulthood. Across assessments and datasets, executive functions follow a canonical non-linear trajectory, with rap

SUBMITTER: Tervo-Clemmens B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616171 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature