title: Directed Attention as a Common Resource for Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation.
abstract: Research on executive functioning and on self-regulation have each identified a critical resource that is central to that domain and is susceptible to depletion. In addition, studies have shown that self-regulation tasks and executive-functioning tasks interact with each other, suggesting that they may share resources. Other research has focused specifically on restoring what we propose is the shared resource between self-regulation and executive functioning. Utilizing a theory-based natural environment intervention, these studies have found improvements in executive-functioning performance and self-regulation effectiveness, suggesting that the natural environment intervention restores this shared resource.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor skap@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: Marc G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Berman
keywords: attention; executive functioning; fatigue; restoration; self-regulation