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Executive functions and their disorders [PDF]
British Medical Bulletin, 2003 The term executive function defines complex cognitive processing requiring the co-ordination of several subprocesses to achieve a particular goal. Neuropsychological evidence suggests that executive processing is intimately connected with the intact function of the frontal cortices.
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The Assessment of Executive Functioning in Children [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2010 Background: Executive functioning is increasingly seen as incorporating several component sub‐skills and clinical assessments should reflect this complexity. Method: Tools for assessing executive functioning in children are reviewed ...
Henry, L., Bettenay, C.
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Executive functions in developmental dyslexia [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 The present study was aimed at investigating different aspects of Executive Functions (EF) in children with Developmental Dyslexia (DD). A neuropsychological battery tapping verbal fluency, spoonerism, attention, verbal shifting, short-term and working memory was used to assess 60 children with DD and 65 with typical reading (TR) abilities. Compared to
Pamela eVarvara +5 more
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Imaging the genetics of executive function [PDF]
Biological Psychology, 2008 Recent advances in neuroimaging technologies have allowed ever more detailed studies of the human brain. The combination of neuroimaging techniques with genetics may provide a more sensitive measure of the influence of genetic variants on cognitive function than behavioural measures alone.
Greene, C. M. +3 more
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Executive functions and aging [PDF]
CoDAS, 2016 Executive functions (EF) may be explained as the ability to plan, organize and perform intentional behavior. They refer to high level cognitive processes associated to working memory, sustained attention, dominant responses inhibition, planning and monitoring performance and activities, objective maintenance, objective and task initiation and cognitive
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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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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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Executive function and autistic symptomatology in very young children [PDF]
, 2001 The Executive Function hypothesis proposes that the behavioural aspects of autism can be explained by impairment in executive function skills. The term 'executive function' refers to several cognitive skills including inhibitor)'control, generation of ...
Shearer, Heather
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Executive processes in Asperger syndrome: Patterns of performance in a multiple case series [PDF]
, 2006 Mixed evidence exists for executive dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This may be because of the nature of the tasks used, the heterogeneity of participants, and difficulties with recruiting appropriate control groups.
Bird, Chris M., Hill, Elisabeth L.
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben +4 more
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