Pandemic Hindered Kids' Executive Function Growth

Society for Research in Child Development

How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact young children's executive function skills?

Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed behavior. Executive function has been linked to positive outcomes across multiple domains of development. The skills associated with executive function develop rapidly during childhood and promote longer-term health, academic success, and wellbeing. Researchers from Harvard University were eager to learn how the pandemic affected children's developing executive function skills across time.

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