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Aaron T. Buss is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 2013. He is the recipient of the 2009 Simon Award and the 2013 Lewis Award from the University of Iowa.
John P. Spencer is a Professor of Psychology at The University of Iowa, the current director of the CHILDS Facility (CHild Imaging Laboratory in Developmental Science) and the founding Director of the Delta Center (Development and Learning from Theory to Application). He received a Sc.B. with Honors from Brown University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Indiana University in 1998. He is the recipient of the Irving J. Saltzman and the J.R. Kantor Graduate Awards from Indiana University, the 2003 Early Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development, and the 2006 Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award from the American Psychological Foundation.
Sandra A. Wiebe (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alberta. Her research uses behavioral and electrophysiological methods to examine the development of children’s ability to regulate their thoughts, actions, and emotions in the early years, and the impact of environmental and genetic factors on these developing skills.
Dr. J. Bruce Morton is an Associate Professor of Psychology and core faculty member of the Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario. His research focuses on inter-individual and developmental variability in cognitive control early in life.
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT VII
I. THE EMERGENCE OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION 1
II. A CASE STUDY OF THE DCCS TASK 12
III. DYNAMIC FIELD THEORY 26
IV. QUANTITATIVE FITS OF CORE FINDINGS IN THE DCCS LITERATURE 45
V. EMPIRICAL TEST OF THE DNF MODEL: THE ROLE OF SPACE 57
VI. BEYOND SPACE: THE ROLE OF FEATURE-SALIENCY AND ATTENTIONAL-WEIGHTS 64
VII. GENERAL DISCUSSION 72
REFERENCES 83
APPENDIX 96
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 103
COMMENTARY
MODELING THE EMERGENT EXECUTIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION Sandra A.Wiebe 104
DYNAMIC FIELD THEORY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS: LENDING EXPLANATION TO CURRENT THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT J. Bruce Morton 116
CONTRIBUTORS 125
STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 126
SUBJECT INDEX 128
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