| Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 21852486 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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To be successful takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and discipline. Central to all those are executive functions, including mentally playing with ideas, giving a considered rather than an impulsive response, and staying focused. Diverse activities have been shown to improve children's executive functions: computerized training, noncomputerized games, aerobics, martial arts, yoga, mindfulness, and school curricula. All successful programs involve repeated practice and progressively increase the challenge to executive functions. Children with worse executive functions benefit most from these activities; thus, early executive-function training may avert widening achievement gaps later. To improve executive functions, focusing narrowly on them may not be as effective as also addressing emotional and social development (as do curricula that improve executive functions) and physical development (shown by positive effects of aerobics, martial arts, and yoga). |
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Authors:
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Adele Diamond; Kathleen Lee |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 333 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-08-19 Completed Date: 2011-08-30 Revised Date: 2011-10-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 959-64 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of British Columbia and Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1, Canada. adele.diamond@ubc.ca |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Child Child, Preschool Computers Curriculum Emotions Executive Function* Female Humans Learning Male Martial Arts / education Memory, Short-Term |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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DA19685/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; MH 071893/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R01 DA019685-20/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; R01 MH071893-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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Comment In:
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Science. 2011 Oct 21;334(6054):310; author reply 311
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22021837
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Science. 2011 Oct 21;334(6054):310-1; author reply 311 [PMID: 22021838 ] |
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