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Executive function performance in middle-aged adults [PDF]

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia, 2023
. Executive functions have been widely studied in the extreme of ages, but studies in middle-aged adults remain largely neglected. Education and gender are known to influence cognitive performance; however, their effect on executive function in middle ...
Namrata Sharma, Shweta Shenoy
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Association of metabolic dysregulation with volumetric brain magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive markers of subclinical brain aging in middle-aged adults: the Framingham Offspring Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
ObjectiveDiabetic and prediabtic states, including insulin resistance, fasting hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia, are associated with metabolic dysregulation.
Au, Rhoda   +9 more
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Social re-orientation and brain development: An expanded and updated view. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Social development has been the focus of a great deal of neuroscience based research over the past decade. In this review, we focus on providing a framework for understanding how changes in facets of social development may correspond with changes in ...
Guyer, Amanda E   +2 more
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Is executive impairment associated with schizophrenic syndromes? A meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Original article can be found at: http://journals.cambridge.org/ Copyright Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708003887A key neuropsychological proposal in schizophrenia is that negative and disorganization symptoms are associated with ...
Dibben, C.R.M.   +3 more
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Indoxyl Sulfate Levels and Its Relation with Executive Function in Routine Hemodialysis Patients

open access: yesGlobal Medical & Health Communication, 2023
Executive function is a crucial cognitive domain that can be adversely affected by various toxic substances, including the uremic toxin indoxyl sulfate.
Yuliarni Syafrita   +3 more
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Evidence for selective executive function deficits in ecstasy/polydrug users [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Previous research has suggested that the separate aspects of executive functioning are differentially affected by ecstasy use. Although the inhibition process appears to be unaffected by ecstasy use, it is unclear whether this is true of heavy users ...
Fisk, John, Montgomery, C.
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Effects of a Cognitive-Functional Intervention Method on Improving Executive Function and Self-Directed Learning in School-Aged Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Single-Subject Design Study

open access: yesOccupational Therapy International, 2020
Background. School-aged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face many difficulties with self-directed learning because of their poor executive function.
Mi Ji Kim   +3 more
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Executive function after exhaustive exercise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PurposeFindings concerning the effects of exhaustive exercise on cognitive function are somewhat equivocal. The purpose of this study was to identify physiological factors that determine executive function after exhaustive exercise.MethodsThirty-two ...
Mizuki Sudo   +5 more
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Training Executive Functions to Improve Academic Achievement: Tackling Avenues to Far Transfer

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The aim of training executive functions is usually to improve the ability to attain real-life goals such as academic achievement, that is, far transfer.
Catherine Gunzenhauser   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Function among Older Community-Dwelling Adults. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Diet may be an important modifiable risk factor for maintenance of cognitive health in later life. This study aimed at examining associations between common dietary indices and dietary patterns defined by factor analysis and cognitive function in older ...
Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

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