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Relationships between executive functions and sensory patterns among adults with specific learning disabilities as reflected in their daily functioning.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Adults with specific learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia) reveal limitations in daily functioning in various life domains.
Kineret Sharfi, Sara Rosenblum, Sonya Meyer   +2 more
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The interplay of ADHD characteristics and executive functioning with the GPA and divergent thinking of engineering students: A conceptual replication and extension

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Characteristics of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and executive functioning difficulties have been found to correspond with poorer academic outcomes on the one hand and enhanced divergent thinking on the other hand. The current study was
Christa L. Taylor, Arash Esmaili Zaghi
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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., Braet, W., Johnson, K. A., Bellgrove, M. A.   +3 more
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The Differential Impact of Acute Exercise and Mindfulness Meditation on Executive Functioning and Psycho-Emotional Well-Being in Children and Youth With ADHD

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
This study investigated how acute exercise and mindfulness meditation impacts executive functioning and psycho-emotional well-being in 16 children and youth with ADHD aged 10–14 (male = 11; White = 80%). Participants completed three interventions: 10 min
Hannah Bigelow, Marcus D. Gottlieb, Michelle Ogrodnik, Jeffrey D. Graham, Barbara Fenesi   +4 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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Pedagogical preparedness: Understanding executive functioning and high functioning autism [PDF]

Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2018
We set out herein to understand executive functioning for learners with autism. We focus on learners with high functioning autism (HFA) and explore a common goal for an Autistic Spectrum Disordered (ASD) population is to increase independence, thus ...
Thomas G. Ryan, Jennie Marshall
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Trauma in childhood and adolescence and impaired executive functions are associated with uncertain reflective functioning in mothers with substance use disorder

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2020
Aims: Impairments in reflective functioning are known to have adverse effects on the ability to display sensitive parenting as a caregiver. Several factors are associated with impairments in reflective functioning, such as impaired executive functioning ...
Vidar Roald Kristiansen, Tore Bergby Handeland, Bjørn Lau, Kerstin Søderstrøm, Ulrika Håkansson, Merete Glenne Øie   +5 more
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Anticipatory Awareness and Actual Handwriting Performance Measures among Adolescents with Deficient Executive Functions

Children, 2022
This secondary analysis explores differences and correlations between handwriting anticipatory awareness (time estimation, expected performance, and expected difficulty) before a paragraph copying task and actual performance time and legibility among ...
Yael Fogel, Sara Rosenblum
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Characterizing executive functioning and associated behaviors in individuals with dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A) syndrome

Frontiers in Neuroscience
IntroductionDYRK1A, a protein kinase located on human chromosome 21, plays a role in postembryonic neuronal development and degeneration. Alterations to DYRK1A have been consistently associated with cognitive functioning and neurodevelopmental disorders (
Hannah M. Rea, Sara Jane Webb, Sara Jane Webb, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Caitlin M. Hudac, Caitlin M. Hudac, Raphael A. Bernier, Conor Miles, Rachel Earl, Alana Whiting, Curtis Eayrs, Margaret Johansson, Tianyun Wang, Tianyun Wang, Tianyun Wang, Evan E. Eichler, Evan E. Eichler, Emily Neuhaus, Emily Neuhaus   +18 more
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Dispositional forgiveness and stress as primary correlates of executive functioning in adults

Health Psychology Open, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the physical, social, and mental health correlates of executive functioning in adults. Our sample consisted of 250 adults aged 18–55 years who participated in a survey.
AliceAnn Crandall, Aaron Cheung, Jacob R Miller, Rozalyn Glade, Lynneth Kirsten Novilla   +4 more
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