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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"executive control processes"”.
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Working Memory Deficits in Children: Contributions of Executive Control Processes and Symptoms of ADHD
… (c) the episodic buffer, and (d) the central executive (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974; Baddeley, 2003). The central executive has been fractionated into four subprocesses: (a) sustained attention, (b) selective attention/inhibition (c) shifting attention, and (d) control of retrieval from long-term …
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Inhibitory control mechanisms and their role in task switching: A multi-methodological approach
Executive control allows us to ignore distraction and switch between tasks in a flexible, yet organized fashion. While a hallmark of controlled behavior, distinctions among executive control processes are not thoroughly agreed upon. The present work explored the organization of two of these …
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Reading difficulties and cognitive-neurophysiological impairments in ADHD: a focus on development and aetiology
… difficulties are captured by the cognitive processes of reaction time variability (RTV) and verbal memory, although the majority of the genetic sharing remains unaccounted for. The second part of the thesis reports findings from a follow-‐up study of ADHD and control sibling pairs. First, …
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The cognitive and metacognitive demands of library research as experienced by Form one students : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University
… To access the levels of knowledge and thinking processes used by students, think aloud/concurrent interviews were conducted individually while 23 Form 1 students (mean age 11 years 8 months) attempted to gather information for a project. These interviews were videotaped and then replayed to …
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Bewertung individueller Voraussetzungen zur Bewältigung wechselnder Arbeitsanforderungen anhand psychologischer und neuropsychologischer Parameter
Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, mittels des Aufgabenwechselparadigmas, kognitive Prozesse nicht nur anhand von traditionellen Leistungsparametern, sondern zusätzlich durch elektro-physiologische Parameter zu untersuchen. Parameter ereigniskorrelierter Hirnpotentiale (EKP) wurden ebenfalls zur …
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Effects of participation in a simulated live-fire maneuver on cognitive performance of firefighters: An examination of individual differences
… of participation in a live-fire maneuver on executive control of new-recruit firefighters immediately following supervised fireground operations and determine which select physiological variables [heart rate (HR)], psychological states (e.g., state anxiety), or perceptual responses (e.g., …