By Alexis McCraw, Jacqueline Sullivan, Kara Lowery, Rachel Eddings, Hollis R. Heim, & Aaron T. Buss.
Much ado about generalization? What convenience samples can—and cannot—tell us about executive function development | Commentary 89.3
Commentary by Dr. Sabine Doebel. Executive function (EF) is a core capacity of the human mind and brain that allows us to think before we act and select behaviors that align with our goals, knowledge, values, and social norms.
A Place for Learning in Executive Function Development | Commentary 89.3
Commentary by Dr. Sammy Perone. In their Monograph…McCraw and colleagues present a theory-driven test of the mechanisms driving the early development of executive function.
Moving Towards a Developmental Conceptualization of Executive Function Skills | Commentary 89.3
Commentary by Dr. Michael T. Willoughby. The authors’ reliance on dynamic field (DF) theory is a distinguishing feature of this work.
A Brief Summary of the Dynamic Neural Field Model of Executive Function Development | PowerPoint 89.3
This PowerPoint provides an overview of the dynamic neural field model that motivated the research presented in this monograph.
20 Minute Monograph: A Summary of Our Findings | PowerPoint 89.3
This PowerPoint provides an overview of the study conducted in the current monograph. It includes demographic information about the population, methods for the tasks given, and a breakdown of some of the most compelling behavioral and neural results.

Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention with Rohingya Children
By Tara Callaghan, Tyler Colasante, Saifullah Muhammed, John Corbit, Melis Yavuz-Muren, Charles Raffaele, Rozina Akter, Redab Al Janaideh, Tz-Yu Duan, Nora Didkowsky, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Bruce Homer, Catherine Ann Cameron, and Tina Malti.
Lessons from Rohingya Children: Future Directions in Prosocial Development Research | Commentary 89.1-2
Commentary by Tracy L. Spinrad. In their Monograph…implemented a culturally sensitive intervention to improve prosocial behavior and social-cognitive outcomes in a sample of refugee children.
Author Interviews | Monographs 89.1-2 | Video
The following clips were taken from an interview between Chang Liu, Associate Editor of Monograph Matters, and corresponding authors…published in the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, (89)1-2, “Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention with Rohingya Children.”
Virtual Training Protocol: A Guide for Researchers in Refugee Camp Contexts | Informational Resource 89.1-2
In this report we outline our approach to virtual training of a youth research team that implemented our research project to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention to foster…