Moms influence how children develop advanced cognitive functions

Executive functioning is a set of advanced cognitive functions - such as the ability to control impulses, remember things, and show mental flexibility - that help us plan and monitor what we do to reach goals. Although executive functioning develops speedily between ages 1 and 6, children vary widely in their skills in this area. Now a new longitudinal study tells us that moms play a role in how their children develop these abilities...

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