Spatial judgment in Parkinson's disease: Contributions of attentional and executive dysfunction [PDF]
, 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
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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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Caregivers’ Grit Moderates the Relationship Between Children’s Executive Function and Aggression
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 ObjectivePrevious studies have shown that the impairment of executive function is positively related to aggression in children and adolescents. What is worth investigating is the moderator of such a relationship so that aggressive behavior can be reduced
Bess Y. H. Lam +10 more
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Visual scanning patterns and executive function in relation to facial emotion recognition in aging [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: The ability to perceive facial emotion varies with age. Relative to younger adults (YA), older adults (OA) are less accurate at identifying fear, anger, and sadness, and more accurate at identifying disgust.
Circelli, K. S. +2 more
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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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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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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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Are the deficits in navigational abilities present in the Williams syndrome related to deficits in the backward inhibition? [PDF]
, 2015 Williams syndrome (WS) is associated with a distinct profile of relatively proficient skills within the verbal domain compared to the severe impairment of visuo-spatial processing. Abnormalities in executive functions and deficits in planning ability and
Ferlazzo, Fabio +6 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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Educating executive function [PDF]
WIREs Cognitive Science, 2016 Executive functions are thinking skills that assist with reasoning, planning, problem solving, and managing one's life. The brain areas that underlie these skills are interconnected with and influenced by activity in many different brain areas, some of which are associated with emotion and stress.
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