Introduction: development and plasticity of executive function across the life span / Sandra A. Wiebe and Julia Karbach -- Characterizing executive function development across the life span -- Emergence of executive function in infancy / Kimberly Cuevas, Vinaya Rajan, and Lauren J. Bryant -- Executive function in early and middle childhood / Nicolas Chevalier and Caron A.C. Clark -- Executive function development in adolescence / Eveline A. Crone, Sabine Peters, and Nikolaus Steinbeis -- Executive function development in aging / Karen Z.H. Li, Kiran K. Vadaga, Halina Bruce, and Laurence Lai -- Understanding mechanisms of executive function development and plasticity -- Neural mechanisms of executive function development during early childhood / Yusuke Moriguchi -- Aging and the neural correlates of executive function -- Robert west -- Genetic influences on executive functions across the life span / James J. Li and Delanie K. Roberts -- Computational models of executive function development / Aaron T. Buss -- Environmental, cultural, and lifestyle factors that shape executive function development across the life span -- Adversity and stress : implications for the development of executive functions / Jenna E. Finch and Jelena Obradovic -- Parental influences on children's executive function: a differentiated approach -- Claire hughes and rory t. devine -- Bilingualism and the development of executive function in children : the interplay of languages and cognition / Gregory J. Poarch and Janet G. van Hell -- Physical activity, exercise, and executive functions / Nicolas Berryman, Kristell Pothier, and Louis Bherer -- Cognitive training to promote executive functions / Matthias Kliegel, Alexandra Hering, Andreas Ihle, and Sascha Zuber -- Atypical patterns of executive function development across the life span -- Executive dysfunction in very preterm children and associated brain pathology / Elisha K. Josev and Peter J. Anderson -- Executive functions and developmental psychopathology : neurobiology of emotion regulation in adolescent depression and anxiety / Kristina L. Gelardi, Veronika Vilgis, and Amanda E. Guyer -- Executive function and substance misuse : neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and consequences of use / Monica Luciana and Emily Ewan -- Trajectories and modifiers of executive function : normal aging to neurodegenerative disease / G. Peggy McFall, Shraddha Sapkota, Sherilyn Thibeau, and Roger A. Dixon