Cognition, emotion, and the alcohol - Aggression relationship:Comment on Giancola (2000) [PDF]
, 2000 P. R. Giancola's (2000) thesis that the alcohol-aggression relationship can be explained by alcohol-induced disruption of executive cognitive functions mediated by the prefrontal cortex is critically examined. At moderate doses, alcohol has been reported
Lyvers, M.
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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 +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 +4 more
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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.
Booth, Josephine N. +2 more
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Executive Functions in Developmental Dyslexia
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 The present study was aimed at investigating different aspects of Executive Functions (EF) in children with Developmental Dyslexia (DD).A neuropsychological battery tapping verbal fluency, spoonerism, attention, verbal shifting, short-term and working ...
Pamela eVarvara +5 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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Educating executive function [PDF]
WIREs Cognitive Science, 2016 Executive functions are thinking skills that assist with reasoning, planning, problem solving, and managing one's life. The brain areas that underlie these skills are interconnected with and influenced by activity in many different brain areas, some of which are associated with emotion and stress.
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, 2012 With the election of Leung Chun-ying as the fourth chief executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Admininstration Region (HKSAR), the people of Hong Kong are keen to have a new government with policy visions and leadership.
LI, Pang Kwong
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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 +3 more
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Moderators, mediators and nonspecific predictors of outcome after cognitive rehabilitation of executive functions in a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2017 Moderators, mediators and nonspecific predictors of treatment after cognitive rehabilitation of executive functions in a randomised controlled trial Objective: To explore moderators, mediators and nonspecific predictors of executive functioning after ...
Evans, Jonathan +5 more
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