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Showing 1 to 20 of 182 for “"Executive Functions"”.
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The relationship between executive functions and fantasy orientation
… around 3 years old, children begin to develop executive functions, such as attentional shift, working memory, cognitive inhibitory control, and behavioral inhibitory control. Simultaneously, children develop an understanding of the difference between fantasy and reality, with some children …
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Anxious impairment: exploring executive functions and anxiety in college students
… college students must rely on their executive functioning (EF). Executive function refers to cognitive processes that are used to set goals, make plans to achieve those goals, and shift between tasks when necessary. A large portion of college students report experiencing anxiety and …
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Effects of music and dance training on executive functions in children
A body of evidence demonstrates superior executive functions in musicians, although most previous studies are cross-sectional. Dance, being similar to music, also offers potential for transfer to cognitive performance. A controlled experiment was used to isolate the causal influence of music and …
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Examining Relations between Executive Functions and Decoding: A Meta-analytic Investigation
… including those which fall under the term of executive functions (EF; for a review, see Follmer, 2018). EF may also be critical in the development of decoding. According to the dual route model of word recognition (Coltheart, 2006), decoding involves two separable processes; the phonological …
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The relationship between autobiographical memory an executive functions in older adults
… memory performance and its relationship with executive functioning in normal and pathological ageing. The particular focus was on two aspects of autobiographical memory - recall specificity and fluency - that have been little investigated in cognitive ageing research to date. The literature …
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Young Children’s Executive Functions in Context: Classroom Experiences and Measurement Approaches
Executive functions, also known as cognitive self-regulation, are important for young learners in the classroom as they support school readiness, academic achievement and social competence (Blair & Razza, 2007; Riggs et al., 2006). Children show individual differences on these skills and …
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Executive functions in early adulthood: data for the controlled animal fluency test
Assessment tools that accurately assess executive functions in early adulthood are important for clinical practice, particularly given factors that can affect the executive functions, such as brain injury and mental illness, are relatively common during this developmental period. The aim of the …
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Attention, processing speed and executive functions in children with obstructive and communicating hydrocephalus
… aimed to compare attention, processing speed and executive functions in children with obstructive and communicating HC.
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The development of social and executive functions in late adolescence and early adulthood
Executive functions and social cognition develop throughout childhood into adolescence and early adulthood (Blakemore & Choudhury, 2006). These functions are associated with frontal networks showing protracted maturation into early adulthood (Lebel, Walker, Leemans, Phillips & Beaulieu, 2008). …
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Executive Functions : Potential Vulnerabilities for Bully/Victimization Behaviors
… interpersonal problems are linked to deficits in executive functions, which are the most prominent neuropsychological defects found in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Previous literature highlights the specific components of executive functions often problematic in children …
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Creativity and Executive Functions: assessment, development and inclusive perspectives in virtual reality contexts
La creatividad, entendida como la capacidad de generar ideas originales y útiles, y las funciones ejecutivas (FE), que incluyen habilidades cognitivas como la memoria de trabajo y la flexibilidad cognitiva, son competencias esenciales para el desarrollo académico y social. La creatividad permite la …
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Understanding stress : a focus on executive functions in Saudi Arabia : an exploratory study
… research methodology aimed to develop a model of executive stress by discovering, understanding, describing and sharing knowledge and experience of occupational stress caused by the basic executive functions, among the oil and gas executives in Saudi Arabia. These functions included planning, …
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Executive functions in obsessive-compulsive disorder : a neuropsychological and event-related potential investigation
… is associated with a significant disturbance of executive functions (e.g., response inhibition, mental flexibility). The present investigation employed both neuropsychological tests and event-related potentials (ERPs) to evaluate this hypothesis. In experiment one 23 outpatients with OCD and 23 …
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Episodic Memory Development in Childhood: Contributions from Brain Electrical Activity and Executive Functions
… and source memory processing and measures of executive function were also examined as potential sources of variation in episodic memory. The focus of Study 1 was to examine source memory development in early childhood in a sample of 4- and 6-year-olds. Results revealed that older children were …
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Neuropsychological test performances of young depressed outpatient women: an examination of executive functions
… tests purported to be sensitive to the executive functions. Specifically, the measures included the Design Fluency Test, the WAIS-R Digit Span subtest, a Dynamometer task of hand grip strength, perseveration, and fatigue, the FAS Verbal Fluency Test, a Serial Sevens Test, the Stroop …
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A Latent Factor Analysis of Preschool Executive Functions: Investigations of Antecedents and Outcomes
The current study investigated the nature of executive function (EF) abilities in preschoolers using confirmatory factor analysis; potential antecedents and outcomes were examined as well. Executive function refers to higher order cognitive abilities necessary to consciously and deliberately …
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Relations Between Trauma Exposure, Executive Functions, and Resilience among Resettled Refugee Parents and Children
… association is moderated by three factors of executive functioning (i.e., working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility). Ninety parent-child dyads (N=90) originating from Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia resettled to the United States (US) participated in this …
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Assessing the effects of adolescent PCB exposure on executive functions in humans and animals
… pollutants, leads to deficits in cognitive functions such as cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control. These cognitive processes are mediated to a large extent by the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The dopamine (DA) system is a neurochemical system thought to play a critical role in modulating …
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Examining the Role of Executive Functions and Motivation in Conceptual Change in a Physics Task
… together. The current study examines the role of executive function skills and motivation alongside conceptual change in physics understanding. The study examines a sample of 426 Egyptian students (M age = 12.5)—an underrepresented population in the literature. The participants completed a short …
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