title: [Developmental approach of executive functions: From infancy to adolescence].
abstract: Given the importance of the relationship between executive function (EF) and many aspects of child development - including the development of reasoning, emotion regulation, school performance, and wider self-regulation itself - research on the development of EF from infancy to the end of adolescence has become one of the scientific priorities of the last decade. Improving our knowledge on the maturative trajectory of EF and the functional weight of different internal and environmental factors, supposed to optimize their efficiency, can only promote a better understanding of EF and its role in the normal development of the child as well as of those at risk of poor outcome either because of neurodevelopmental disorders or psychopathological disorders. This article aims to update the recent literature in this area. It appears that executive function grows very gradually and evolves from a relatively simple and unitary model in young children to a more complex one - differentiated, integrated, and tripartite - in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Service psychopathologie du développement, hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, hospices civils de Lyon, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron cedex, France; Laboratoire L2C2 UMR 5304, 69677 Bron cedex, France; Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron, France. Electronic address: pierre.fourneret@chu-lyon.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fourneret
authors.affiliation: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron, France; Service de neuropédiatrie, hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, hospices civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: des Portes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment