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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Executive functions (Neuropsychology)"”.
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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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Examining the relationship among measures of global cognition, executive function, and instrumental activities of daily living: can they all just get along?
The subtle nature of executive function deficits makes them difficult to identify in a clinical context and to measure how they impact an individual’s daily life. Clinical neuropsychological assessments alone are often unable to measure how executive deficiencies impact an individual’s daily life. …
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Investigating the relationship between intelligence and executive function through visual scanning strategies
Executive function (EF) refers to a set of cognitive processes responsible for higher-order thinking, behavioral regulation, and goal-directed behavior, while intelligence is considered a contributing factor to cognitive performance. Previous research has explored the relationship between these two …
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Healthy Aging: Factors that Predict Preservation of Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults
… sensitive to the effects of aging are memory, executive functioning, and processing speed. The aims of this current study are: (i) to provide supporting evidence for research that has shown a significant relationship between mental and physical health and cognitive functioning, (ii) to provide …
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Executive Functioning Outcomes among Self-Harming Adolescents Receiving DBT-A
<p>Changes in WM, GM, and neural activation in networks involving the PFC underlie the development of EFs during adolescence; however, adolescents with DSH have impaired EFs in the areas of inhibition, emotion regulation, shifting, and interpersonal functioning. DBT-A has been shown to be effective …