ABSTRACT
The work of Paul Baltes, which was recognized at this meeting, involves an understanding of individual differences in development over the life span. A major topic on which Baltes worked (Baltes & Kunzmann, 2004) was wisdom in the elderly. He recognized the importance of understanding the psychological components that form the basis of wisdom. The executive attention network is one such component. In this chapter we examine our work designed to discover the origins of executive attention in infancy, trace its anatomy, and examine how genes and experience influence its development.
