• The effect of metacognitive executive function training on children's executive function, proactive control, and academic skills 

      Kubota, Maki; Hadley, Lauren V.; Schaeffner, Simone; Könen, Tanja; Meaney, Julie-Anne; Morey, Candice C.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Moriguchi, Yusuke; Karbach, Julia; Chevalier, Nicolas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The current study investigated the effects of metacognitive and executive function (EF) training on childhood EF (inhibition, working memory [WM], cognitive flexibility, and proactive/reactive control) and academic skills (reading, reasoning, and math) among children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Children (N = 134, Mage = 8.70 years) were assigned randomly to the three training groups: (a) ...
    • Losing access to the second language and its effect on executive function development in childhood: The case of'returnees' 

      Kubota, Maki; Chevalier, Nicolas; Sorace, Antonella (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-31)
      This study examined how relative language proficiency and exposure influence the development of executive function (EF) in 7–12 year-old bilingual ‘returnee’ children. Returnees are children of immigrant families who were immersed in an environment where their second language (L2; English) was the majority societal language and returned to their native language (L1; Japanese) environment after the ...