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Executive Functioning in Schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2013
The executive function (EF) is a set of abilities, which allows us to invoke voluntary control of our behavioral responses. These functions enable human beings to develop and carry out plans, make up analogies, obey social rules, solve problems, adapt to unexpected circumstances, do many tasks simultaneously, and locate episodes in time and place.
Gricel eOrellana   +5 more
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Association between executive function and excess weight in pre-school children

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
The association between executive function and excess weight is becoming increasingly evident. However, the results of previous studies are still inconclusive, and there is a lack of evidence in early childhood. This study aims to examine the association
Narueporn Likhitweerawong   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Computer-based multiple component cognitive training in children with ADHD: a pilot study

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023
Background ADHD is associated with deficits in executive functions. Cognitive training is a promising nonpharmacological intervention for ADHD, however, there is insufficient evidence to guide the selection of training for individuals with ADHD.
Yingying Wu   +6 more
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Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes of Self-Guided Executive Function Training and Low-Intensity Aerobic Exercise in Healthy Older Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2020
ObjectivesPrior work has demonstrated that executive function training or physical exercise can improve older adults’ cognition. The current study takes an exploratory approach to compare the feasibility and efficacy of online executive function training
Lixia Yang   +6 more
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Gender-Specific Relationship Between Executive Function and Self-Rated Health [PDF]

open access: yesOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2019
Objectives Self-rated health is a comprehensive measure of health. As gender difference in self-rated health is found, identifying gender-specific factors related to self-rated health is important.
Mi Sook Jung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children Involved in Team Sports Show Superior Executive Function Compared to Their Peers Involved in Self-Paced Sports

open access: yesChildren, 2021
Children’s motor and cognitive functions develop rapidly during childhood. Physical activity and executive function are intricately linked during this important developmental period, with physical activity interventions consistently proving to benefit ...
Silke De Waelle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The opportunity costs of caring for people with dementia in Southern Spain

open access: yesGaceta Sanitaria, 2019
Objective: The aim of this paper is to study the opportunity costs (OC) that are involved in being a caregiver and to compare them with the direct costs assumed by the State and the families.
Manuel Ruiz-Adame Reina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Executive functions [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Psychology, 2013
Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying focused. Core EFs are inhibition [response inhibition (self-control—resisting temptations and resisting acting impulsively) and interference control (selective ...
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Executive Functions in Birds

open access: yesBirds, 2022
Executive functions comprise top-down cognitive processes that exert control over information processing, from acquiring information to issuing a behavioural response. These cognitive processes of inhibition, working memory and shifting underpin complex cognitive skills, such as episodic memory and planning, which have been repeatedly investigated in ...
Bobrowicz, Katarzyna, Greiff, Samuel
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“Cool” dan “Hot” Brain Executive Functioning dan Perfomansi Akademik Siswa

open access: yesBuletin Psikologi, 2018
The study of literature was to aim exploring role of cool and hot executive functions (EF) on academic performance. It was consist of (a) what are they; (b) developmental hot and cool EF; and (c) The dynamic of hot and cool EF toward academic performance.
Nani Restati Siregar
doaj   +1 more source

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