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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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How executive functions contribute to reading comprehension

British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background Executive functions have been proposed to account for individual variation in reading comprehension beyond the contributions of decoding skills and language skills.
S. Nouwens, Margriet A. Groen, Tijs Kleemans, L. Verhoeven   +3 more
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Disruption and rescue of interareal theta phase coupling and adaptive behavior [PDF]

, 2017
Rescuing executive functions in people with neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders has been a major goal of psychology and neuroscience for decades.
Reinhart, Robert M.G.
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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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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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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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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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The influence of working memory load on response inhibition in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or reading disorder [PDF]

, 2011
The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between response inhibition and working memory in 8-12-year-old children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n = 19), reading disorder (RD; n = 17), ADHD + RD (n = 21), and ...
Roeyers, Herbert, Van De Voorde, Séverine, Verte, Sylvie, Wiersema, Roeljan   +3 more
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Executive functions in the context of complex learning: Malleable moderators?

Frontline Learning Research, 2017
Executive functions are crucial for complex learning in addition to prior knowledge. In this article, we argue that executive functions can moderate the effectiveness of instructional approaches that vary with respect to the demand on these functions. In
Matthias Schwaighofer, Markus Bühner, Frank Fischer   +2 more
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Comparison of objective and subjective executive functions of chronic kidney dialysis patients and normal people [PDF]

مجله علوم روانشناختی, 2023
Background: Chronic kidney disease is one of the widespread public health problems. This disease is associated with extensive cognitive deficits, among which visual attention, psychomotor speed and executive function can be mentioned.
Malek Bastami katuli, Javad Hatami, Hadi Bahrami Ehsan, Gholamreza Sarami Foroushani, Ahmad Firouzan   +4 more
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