Executive Functions - Adele Diamond

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PS64CH06-DiamondARI12 November 20128:45Executive FunctionsAdele DiamondDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and BC Children s Hospital,Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1 Canada; email: Rev. Psychol. 2013. 64:135 68First published online as a Review in Advance onSeptember 27, 2012TheAnnual Review of Psychologyis online article s 2013 by Annual rights reservedKeywordscognitive control, self-regulation, creativity, attention, reasoning,working memory, fluid intelligence, inhibitory control, task switching,mental flexibilityAbstractExecutive Functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas;taking the time to think before acting; meeting novel, unanticipatedchallenges; resisting temptations; and staying focused.

PS64CH06-Diamond ARI 12 November 2012 8:45 Executive Functions Adele Diamond Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital,

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