Executive functions are core to multiple aspects of daily cognitive, social and affective functioning. An extensive body of work has charted developmental trajectories and neural substrates of executive functions through the lifespan. Robust associations between executive functions early in life, and later, wellbeing and success has led to considerable efforts to improve executive functions through bespoke interventions. Here, we discuss recent findings on the role of cost-benefit computations in how executive functions are deployed in development. We propose leveraging these insights to design more effective interventions for improving executive functions.

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执行功能的发展和可塑性：基于价值的账户

执行功能是日常认知、社交和情感功能多个方面的核心。大量的工作已经绘制了整个生命周期内执行功能的发展轨迹和神经基础。生命早期的执行功能与后来的幸福和成功之间的强大关联导致了通过定制干预来改善执行功能的相当大的努力。在这里，我们讨论了最近关于成本效益计算在如何在开发中部署执行功能中的作用的发现。我们建议利用这些见解来设计更有效的干预措施，以改善执行功能。