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Aim: Cognitive functions enable to use knowledge and skills through experiences. The aim of this study is to examine the studies on cognitive functions and to determine their developmental content, to apply mathematical methods to information sources, to determine the distributions according to research areas and to obtain information about the relational characteristics of the subject. Method: Bibliometric analysis, one of the quantitative research methods aimed at explaining the characteristics of certain phenomena and events, was preferred. Open access articles between 01.01.2000-31.12.2020 were examined with the keywords "cognitive function" and "development" in the Web of Science database. Results:In the results related to keywords, executive functions stand out as the most frequently used keywords with cognitive functions. Analysis of the abstracts also shows that the concepts of cognitive control and social cognition co-occur with the prefrontal cortex. It has been determined that articles with developmental content are mostly related to the field of social-emotional development. Conclusions and Suggestions: In this context, more research can be conducted on the relationships revealed by studies on development in research on cognitive functions and these relationships can be detailed. It is seen that interdisciplinary studies have increased and different perspectives can be discussed together with the dissemination of this situation.

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