No! Steve is still going strong.

I haven't actively studied EF for a while, b/c I wasn't sure what new approache(s) I can take to adequately address those concerns. It turned out that @yukomunakata.bsky.social—a good friend since grad school—also experienced similar changes in the way she views EF (see her own 🧵👇). (10/12)

Lifespan development of the PI. My PhD mentor @yukomunakata.bsky.social had a great presentation she would give for new lab members about all the things her former mentors would do that seemed weird at the time but made total sense once she had her own lab, and I am 100% living out that timeline.

Thank you @proflaurenmyers.bsky.social!

I'll be forever grateful to that colloquium speaker!

Thanks for creating this list! Could you add me?

15/ To me, this means we need to EXPAND our answer to why kids' behaviors predict life outcomes, not ABANDON the question (and paradigms) altogether. Trust and habits may influence whether people engage executive functions on assessments and in daily life:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1jrb1,rU%7...

14/ I think the idea that traditional tests have been "debunked" isn't quite right. Yes, we've found that whether kids wait to eat a marshmallow depends on many things, like whether they trust an adult to follow through on promises and how much their culture practices waiting.

13/ If we find a correlation between children’s stress and sleep, and it becomes insignificant after controlling for parental stress, we wouldn’t conclude that the link between children’s stress and sleep was meaningless.

12/ Some researchers advocate controlling for many variables in an attempt to “purify” measures of executive function, and dismiss correlations with life outcomes if they weaken w/such controls, but they may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

11/ The controversies' reflect (in part) how you interpret what happens to the links after you add in covariates spanning cognitive and behavioral skills, family environment, and more, as Laura Michaelson @sabinedoebel.bsky.social and I discuss.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

10/ These discussions highlight the need to rethink *why* children's behaviors predict life outcomes, not *whether* they do. I think there's good evidence THAT they do. For example: osf.io/preprints/ps...

9/ The Global Executive Function Initiative is working to develop more culturally relevant approaches to assessment and support. I'm thrilled to have joined this thoughtful, innovative, collaborative group.
gefi.stanford.edu