Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 2018 Background and aims The development of Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder has been investigated using mainly performance-based executive function measures. Less is known about the development of everyday executive function skills. The present
Evangelia-Chrysanthi Kouklari +2 more
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Habitual physical activity (HPA) as a factor in sustained executive function in Alzheimer-type dementia: a cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Evidence from studies on healthy older adults and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) populations suggests that physical activity interventions have a positive effect on executive function. In this study, we consider whether HPA is positively associated with
Alexopoulos +64 more
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An interpreter advantage in executive functions? A systematic review [PDF]
, 2020 The aim of this systematic literature review was to answer the question of which executive function is most affected by interpreter training and experience.
Hollebeke, Illy +4 more
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The early development of executive function and its relation to social interaction: A brief review
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Executive function (EF) refers to the ability to execute appropriate actions and to inhibit inappropriate actions for the attainment of a specific goal. Research has shown that this ability develops rapidly during the preschool years.
Yusuke eMoriguchi, Yusuke eMoriguchi
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Investigating the 'latent' deficit hypothesis : age at time of head injury, executive and implicit functions and behavioral insight [PDF]
, 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
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The Volitive and the Executive Function of Intentions [PDF]
, 2011 Many philosophers of action conceive intentions functionally, as executive states: intentions are mental states that represent an action and tend to cause this action.
Lumer, Christoph
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Determinants of Activity Levels in African Americans With Mild Cognitive Impairment. [PDF]
, 2016 Engaging in cognitive, social, and physical activities may prevent cognitive decline. In a sample of older African Americans with mild cognitive impairment (MCI; N=221), we investigated the cross-sectional relationships between activity levels and ...
Casten, PhD, Robin J. +2 more
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Executive function in first-episode schizophrenia [PDF]
, 1998 BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that schizophrenia is primarily a frontostriatal disorder by examining executive function in first-episode patients.
Barnes, T R +5 more
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Cognitive function in people with and without freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease [PDF]
, 2020 Freezing of gait (FOG) is common in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) which is extremely debilitating. One hypothesis for the cause of FOG episodes is impaired cognitive control, however, this is still in debate in the literature. We aimed to assess a
Carlson-Kuhta, Patricia +6 more
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Implicit cognition is impaired and dissociable in a head-injured group with executive deficits [PDF]
, 2005 Implicit or non-conscious cognition is traditionally assumed to be robust to pathology but Gomez-Beldarrain et al (1999, 2002) recently showed deficits on a single implicit task after head injury.
Andrade, J. +4 more
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