Preface vii List of Contributors xi 1 What Is Cognitive Control? 1 Philip David Zelazo and Jacob E. Anderson PART I: Mechanisms 2 Development of Neural Networks Supporting Goal-Directed Behavior 23 Elizabeth L. Johnson, Sarah E. Munro, and Silvia A. Bunge 3 Developing Cognitive Control: The Costs and Benefits of Active, Abstract Representations 55 Yuko Munakata, Hannah R. Snyder, and Christopher H. Chatham 4 The Emerging Executive: Using Dynamic Neural Fields to Understand the Development of Cognitive Control 91 John P. Spencer and Aaron T.
Buss PART II: Implications 5 Stress and the Development of Executive Functions: Experiential Canalization of Brain and Behavior 145 Clancy Blair 6 Individual Differences in Child Temperament and Their Effect on Cognitive Control 181 Nathan A. Fox PART III: Interventions 7 Want to Optimize Executive Functions and Academic Outcomes? Simple, Just Nourish the Human Spirit 205 Adele Diamond PART IV: Reflections 8 Development of Cognitive Control: Where Are We and What's Next? 233 Maria D. Sera and Nicole Scott Author Index 247 Subject Index 261.