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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
openaire   +3 more sources

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

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

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 ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Acute hypoglycemia impairs executive cognitive function in adults with and without type 1 diabetes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Acute hypoglycemia impairs cognitive function in several domains. Executive cognitive function governs organization of thoughts, prioritization of tasks, and time management.
A. J. Graveling   +22 more
core   +1 more source

“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

A Bidirectional Relationship between Physical Activity and Executive Function in Older Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015
Physically active lifestyles contribute to better executive function. However, it is unclear whether high levels of executive function lead people to be more active.
Michael eDaly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children with low working memory and children with ADHD: same or different? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The purpose of this study was to compare working memory (WM), executive function, academic ability and problem classroom behaviors in children aged 8 to 11 years who were either identified via routine screening as having low WM, or had been diagnosed ...
Alloway, Tracy   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

Investigating the 'latent' deficit hypothesis : age at time of head injury, executive and implicit functions and behavioral insight [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study investigated the 'latent deficit' hypothesis in two groups of frontotemporal headinjured patients, those injured prior to steep morphological and corresponding functional maturational periods for frontotemporal networks (≤ age 25), and those ...
Andrade, Jackie   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Spatial judgment in Parkinson's disease: Contributions of attentional and executive dysfunction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Spatial judgment is impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD), with previous research suggesting that disruptions in attention and executive function are likely contributors.
Cronin-Golomb, Alice   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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