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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, Matthias Nückles   +1 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, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky   +5 more
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An interpreter advantage in executive functions? A systematic review [PDF]

, 2020
The aim of this systematic literature review was to answer the question of which executive function is most affected by interpreter training and experience.
Hollebeke, Illy, Nour, Soudabeh, Stengers, Hélène, Struys, Esli, Woumans, Evy   +4 more
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The contribution of injury severity, executive and implicit functions to awareness of defi cits after traumatic brain injury (TBI) [PDF]

, 2010
Deficits in self-awareness are commonly seen after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and adversely affect rehabilitative efforts, independence and quality of life (Ponsford, 2004).
Barker, Lynne, Morton, Nicholas
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Executive functions [PDF]

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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Primer for the Transportable Applications Executive [PDF]

, 1984
The Transportable Applications Executive (TAE), an interactive multipurpose executive that provides commonly required functions for scientific analysis systems, is discussed.
Ausman, Michelle Choi, Carberry, Adam. R., Csavina, Kristine R., Cunningham, Patrick, Harding, Trevor Scott, Lau, Diana   +5 more
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Acute hypoglycemia impairs executive cognitive function in adults with and without type 1 diabetes [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Acute hypoglycemia impairs cognitive function in several domains. Executive cognitive function governs organization of thoughts, prioritization of tasks, and time management.
A. J. Graveling, Albinet, B. M. Frier, Berg, Cox, Elliott, Evans, Geddes, Goel, Gold, Gold, Hardy, Heller, Homack, I. J. Deary, Kerr, Maran, Pedersen-Bjergaard, Salthouse, Sommerfield, Sommerfield, Van der Elst, Warren   +22 more
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Investigating the impact of nicotine on executive functions using a novel virtual reality assessment [PDF]

, 2012
Aims Nicotine is known to enhance aspects of cognitive functioning in abstinent smokers but the effects on specific areas of executive functions, and in non-smokers are inconclusive.
Al-Adawi, Alcaro, Ashendorf, Benowitz, Dani, Dawkins, Di Matteo, Durrazzo, Edginton, Einstein, Ellis, Evans, Foulds, Friedman, Grant, Heffernan, Heishman, Heishman, Hendricks, Hindmarch, Janhunen, Jansari, Kleykamp, Kumari, Le Houezec, Leventhal, Levin, Miyake, Montgomery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Mumenthaler, Myers, Neumann, Nooyens, Nyberg, Phillips, Pickworth, Poltavski, Powell, Rezvani, Rhodes, Russell, Rusted, Rusted, Rusted, Sabia, Schachter   +47 more
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The Relationship between Executive Functions and Metacognition in College Students

Journal of Intelligence, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between executive functions and metacognition. Both constructs have been well-studied, but little research has focused on their connections.
Mengjiao Wu, Christopher A. Was
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The ability of executive functions to predict deterioration in social abstraction in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2022
Background Epilepsy is a prevalent disease worldwide. Executive functions and social cognition are essential in daily living functioning, academic performance, and social adjustment.
Saber Hadad, Hazem Kamal Ibrahim, Tarek Desoky, Suleiman Muhammad Suleiman, Taher Abdelraheem Sayed   +4 more
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