Executive Function in Childhood: Development, Individual Differences, and Real-Life Importance

About Claire HughesLaura KatusLucy Cragg

Laura Katus is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich. She is also a visiting scholar at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge where she was appointed as a postdoctoral research associate from 2019-2022. Prior to this she completed her PhD in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Great Ormond Street Hospital Institute of Child Health University College London. Lucy Cragg is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Nottingham School of Psychology. She first joined the department in 2008 as a Research Fellow in Translational Neuroscience. Prior to this Lucy completed her PhD at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and a research fellowship at the Brain and Body Centre University of Nottingham and Rotman Research Institute Toronto Canada. Lucy's research focuses on children's cognitive development and the impact this has in the classroom. Professor Claire Hughes is a Deputy Head for the Psychology Department (Wellbeing Equality and Diversity) Deputy Director of the Centre for Family Research and Director of Studies at Newnham College University of Cambridge. She has been interested in both development and individual differences in children's EF for 25 years.