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The impact of sleep quality on cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In healthy individuals and those with insomnia, poor sleep quality is associated with decrements in performance on tests of cognition, especially executive function. Sleep disturbances and cognitive deficits are both prevalent in Parkinson's disease (PD).
Bogdanova, Y.   +4 more
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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

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 ...
Katarzyna Bobrowicz, Samuel Greiff
openaire   +5 more sources

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
openaire   +4 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
doaj   +1 more source

How attention factors into executive function in preschool children

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
Executive Function consists of self-regulation processes which underlie our ability to plan, coordinate, and complete goal-directed actions in our daily lives.
Aditi V. Deodhar, Bennett I. Bertenthal
doaj   +1 more source

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

The interrelationship between physical activity intensity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and executive function in middle-aged adults: An observational study of office workers

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundPrevious evidence supports a beneficial effect of physical activity on executive function across the whole lifespan. Yet, the interrelationships of the intensities of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and executive function require ...
Rui Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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