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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Executive dysfunction"”.
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Executive dysfunction, mediated by rumination, anticipates increases in depressive symptoms
… in cognitive processes as well as in affect. Executive function (EF) deficits are among the most common cognitive disruptions associated with depression, but the causal relationships between EF and depression are unclear. EF deficits may exacerbate symptoms and hence may play a role in the …
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Executive Dysfunction following Traumatic Brain Injury and Factors Related to Impairment
Deficits in executive function are commonly reported following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and are important for establishing functional impairments. Understanding the nature of executive dysfunction following TBI is often complicated by secondary factors that can impact measured ability. This …
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Executive Dysfunction is Predictive of Clinical Symptomatology in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
… dimension of schizophrenia, particularly in the executive domain. Thus, we assessed multiple aspects of executive cognition in 22qDS, in order to: 1) characterize performance across this domain as compared to age-matched healthy controls; and 2) determine whether executive function performance is …
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Executive Dysfunction as a Trait Marker for Depression in Children and Adolescents
… that maternal depression is a risk factor for executive dysfunction in children. By contrast, there is abundant evidence that maternal depression is a risk factor for later child depression. Therefore, this study focuses on executive dysfunction in children as a potential trait marker for later …
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The synthesis of childhood traumatic burden and executive dysfunction in young adults
… to ascertain any relationship between diminished executive functioning in young adulthood and the incidence of one or more Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mild-TBI) while accounting for psychosocial variables like childhood or adolescent trauma. The literature to date revealed there are indications …
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The effects of multiple sclerosis: Exploring executive dysfunction and its linkswith other cognitive impairment
… those cognitive abilities known collectively as executive functions, and their relationship with other cognitive processes, have seldom been examined. To fill this research gap, the present study examined the extent and nature of executive dysfunction and other cognitive impairments in a …
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Executive dysfunction and weak central coherence : neither theory suitably explains a core cognitive deficit in autism spectrum disorders
… to focus on and remember minutiae) and executive dysfunction (EF dysfunction; an inability to employ goal-directed cognition to plan, organize, and alternate between tasks, or to inhibit incorrect responses) largely dominate current understandings of the neurocognitive profile in autism …
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Evidence of Executive Dysfunction in Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder
Background and Aims: Executive dysfunction is pervasive in substance-dependent individuals (Verdejo-GarcÃa, Bechara, Recknor, & Perez-Garcia, 2006). As many as four-fifths of individuals in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) have co-existing lifetime psychopathology. Executive function …
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The Roles of Executive Dysfunction, Language Deficits, and Family Environment: How Are They Related to Behavior Problems After Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury?
… and 18 months post-baseline. Neurocognitive (executive functioning and higher order communication) factors, parent-report behavior, and family functioning were evaluated at each time point. Results from this study provide preliminary support that traumatic brain injury in young children can …
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Distinct forms of depression and somatization following head injury: A neuropsychological framework and exploratory treatment paradigm for somatic symptoms and executive dysfunction following mild head injury
… counterpart, and autonomic underarousal and OFC dysfunction is a strong candidate for continued investigation as an etiological model for psychiatric symptoms postinjury. Reversal of underarousal may serve as an important therapeutic goal. Lastly, we propose the term “somatic underarousal” to …
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The Relationship Between Linguistic Mazes and Executive Function in African American Adults
… 2006). Fleming (2014) reported that declining executive function abilities in the context of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) were associated with a greater number of linguistic content mazes. Confirming this finding in diverse populations would further establish that subtle language changes can …
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Tower of California Performance Early in Parkinson's Disease
… (PD) is widely described in the literature. Executive dysfunction has been reported even when the patients are not experiencing dementia. A significant (24% - 50+%) number of PD patients display cognitive impairment from the onset of the disease and progressively worsen. However, executive …
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Frontal lobe dysfunction, as measured by the frontal systems behavioural scale, in the context of HIV infection and heavy episodic drinking
… such as apathy, disinhibition, and dysexecutive function are well-known consequences of frontal lobe pathology, leading to significant impairment. Heavy episodic drinking (HED) and HIV are common conditions that impair the frontal lobe, with disinhibition frequently being seen in people …
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Executive Functioning in Children with ADHD : Relationships Between Rating Scales and Standardized Tests
Impairment of executive functioning is exhibited in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Executive functioning has traditionally been measured with standardized tests such as the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. However, two rating scales to measure executive dysfunction have been …
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Biases in Children's Cognitive Styles: Investigating Local, Global, and Rule-Based Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development
… 1989), Systemizing (Baron-Cohen, 2002), and Executive Dysfunction Theory (Pennington & Ozonoff, 1996), may together provide a plausible explanation for the cognitive biases of individuals with ASD.</p><p>Weak Central Coherence (WCC) Theory proposes that individuals with ASD have difficulty …
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Conceptualisation and Culturally Appropriate Assessment of Executive Function in Children in Ghana and Nigeria
Background: Assessment for executive function (EF) is an integral part of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). However, presently there are no known culturally appropriate tools for assessing EF in Ghana and Nigeria. This study aimed to explore the local conceptualization of EF and …
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The Underused Mind: The Role of Cognition in Trait Boredom
… with poor sustained attention and self-reported executive dysfunction. However, research on trait boredom and cognitive ability beyond sustained attention is limited. One reason is that there has been a lack of theoretically grounded measures of trait boredom. In part 1, we developed a strong, …
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Investigating the executive functioning and patterns of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa
… and deep white matter, one might expect that executive dysfunction forms part of the neurocognitive profile of people living with HIV. However, such deficits have mainly been reported for adults living with HIV. Adolescence is a period where significant growth and refinement of executive …
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The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Exposure Therapy in Veterans with Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… in a subset of participants, self-report of executive dysfunction did not impact exposure therapy process variables. Overall, findings indicate that exposure therapy should be the first-line treatment for combat-related PTSD regardless of presence of TBI history.
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Rehabilitation of executive functioning following pediatric traumatic brain injury: evaluating a goal management training intervention
Background and aims. Executive function (EF), defined as a set of interrelated skills and behavioural competencies required for independent, purposeful, goal-directed activity, are particularly susceptible to impairment following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite this knowledge, data concerning …
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