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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Executive functions (EFs) are vital cognitive processes enabling goal-directed behavior.
  • Healthy childhood EF development is linked to significant long-term outcomes in health, education, and economic well-being.
  • Understanding factors that support and protect EF development is critical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the existence of sensitive periods in the development of executive functions.
  • To synthesize evidence from human deprivation and enrichment studies concerning EF development.
  • To propose a research agenda for systematically identifying EF sensitive periods.

Main Methods:

  • Review and analysis of human studies involving early life deprivation and enrichment.
  • Examination of developmental trajectories of executive functions.
  • Theoretical consideration of the higher-order nature of EFs.

Main Results:

  • Suggestive evidence indicates a potential sensitive period for EF development before 6 months of age.
  • The complex, hierarchical nature of EFs suggests the possibility of multiple sensitive periods for distinct constituent processes.
  • Existing research provides a foundation for further systematic investigation.

Conclusions:

  • Early life experiences significantly impact executive function development.
  • The concept of multiple sensitive periods for different EF components warrants further empirical testing.
  • A structured research agenda is needed to precisely delineate these sensitive periods.