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Early childhood teachers’ understanding of executive functions and strategies employed to facilitate them [PDF]
Frontiers in EducationIntroductionAdult-child interactions have a noteworthy influence over how executive functions develop. However, despite recognising the importance of executive functions in a child’s success, little research has been undertaken to explore the role of ...
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Executive Functions in Parkinson’s Disease
Psico-USF, 2021 The objective of this study was to investigate executive functions (EFs) in older adults with Parkinson’s disease (PD). It was a cross-sectional and comparative study, composed of 62 participants divided into PD group (n = 31; M age = 75.26; SD age = 7.
Tainá Rossi +7 more
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Executive Functioning in Schizophrenia [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2013 The executive function (EF) is a set of abilities, which allows us to invoke voluntary control of our behavioral responses. These functions enable human beings to develop and carry out plans, make up analogies, obey social rules, solve problems, adapt to unexpected circumstances, do many tasks simultaneously, and locate episodes in time and place.
Gricel eOrellana +5 more
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Narcissistic Traits and Executive Functions
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Several personality disorders have been associated with cognitive impairment, including executive functions like working memory. Yet, it is unclear whether subclinical expression in non-clinical persons is associated with cognitive functioning.
Igor Nenadić +2 more
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Training Executive Functions to Improve Academic Achievement: Tackling Avenues to Far Transfer
Frontiers 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
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Annual Review of Psychology, 2013 Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying focused. Core EFs are inhibition [response inhibition (self-control—resisting temptations and resisting acting impulsively) and interference control (selective ...
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Executive functions in savant artists with autism [PDF]
, 2011 Although executive functions have been widely studied in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), there have been no direct empirical studies of executive abilities in savants with ASD.
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Executive dysfunction in autism [PDF]
, 2004 ‘Executive function’ is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working memory, impulse control, inhibition and mental flexibility, as well as for the initiation and monitoring of action. The primacy of executive dysfunction in autism is a topic
Hill, Elisabeth L.
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Evaluating the theory of executive dysfunction in autism [PDF]
, 2004 In this paper studies of executive function in autism spectrum disorder are reviewed. Executive function is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working memory, impulse control, inhibition, and shifting set, as well as for the initiation and ...
Hill, Elisabeth L.
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Do tasks make a difference? Accounting for heterogeneity of performance of children with reading difficulties on tasks of executive function : findings from a meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2010 Research studies have implicated executive functions in reading difficulties (RD). But while some studies have found children with RD to be impaired on tasks of executive function other studies report unimpaired performance.
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