Summary
- The ability to inhibit responses to prepotent stimuli is a prerequisite for planned, intelligent action.
- Some components of executive function are already developing in preschool children, and play a much greater role in early child development than previously thought.
- Adult levels of performance on a standard measure of executive function are achieved by around 10 years of age.
- Executive function plays a crucial role in the initial mastery of new skills, before the skills become automated.
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