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Showing 1 to 20 of 392 for “"executive function"”.
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Associations between Maternal Executive Function, Parenting, and Preschool Children’s Executive Function in the Korean Context
… parental factors – parenting and maternal executive function (EF) - and preschool children’s EF in the South Korean context (the Republic of Korea; Korea hereafter). Specifically, it investigated the replication in the Korean context of existing findings in Western cultures on the link …
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The Multi-Scale Dynamics of Executive Function
… this problem by positing a top-down central executive, which coordinates cognitive resources in pursuit of goals. We propose an alternative explanation: cognitive control arises from physical interactions across many different timescales within the system. College and preschool aged …
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How Does Executive Function Skills Instruction Impact Student Executive Function Levels And Academic Achievement On ComCore State Standards Assessments?
Executive function skills are vitally important to student success in school and later in life. Executive function skills can and are improved with specific skills instruction. The literature reveals a correlation between executive function and academic achievement. So, the theory proposed is that …
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The Role of Executive Function in 400m Walk Performance
Alexander Russell de Neufville Lucas THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN 400M WALK PERFORMANCE Thesis under the direction of Jeffrey A Katula, Ph.D., Department of Health and Exercise Science. Mobility disability (MD) is a critical aspect of an older individual’s capacity for independent living. Gait …
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Exploring Social Influences on Executive Function in Preschool Children
The development of executive function in young children is currently a central topic in developmental science. Despite great interest in this area, empirical research examining the influence of social interaction on children's executive functioning is still scarce. The present study aims to fill …
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The Association Between Musical Training, Bilingualism, and Executive Function
… such as bilingualism and musical training, on executive function. Despite a growing interest in the subject, some areas of higher cognition have been left under- or un-examined. This dissertation presents two papers that investigated whether exposure to bilingualism or musical training was …
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Assessing executive function as it relates to self-regulation
… 2012). Minimizing these everyday errors involves executive function, a system of complementary cognitive processes that enable control over thoughts and actions, including attention, inhibition, cognitive switching, and maintaining and manipulating the contents of working memory (Norman & …
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Advanced Music Training and Executive Function: A Neurocognitive Study
… advanced music training and neurocognitive functioning, with specific focus on executive function, working memory, and tactile interhemispheric transfer. Twenty professional musicians and a comparison group of 19 individuals with no formal music training or performance experience completed a …
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Development Of Human Brain Network Architecture Underlying Executive Function
… by refinements in brain structure and function that support the dynamic control of attention and goal-directed behavior. One broad domain of cognition that undergoes particularly protracted development is executive function, which encompasses diverse cognitive processes including …
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Executive Function Variance in a School-Based Behavioral Screener
… emotional problems. Students' ability to utilize executive functions greatly affects both academic and social success and it is associated with behavior and emotional problems (Lehto, Juujarvi, Kooistra, & Pulkkinen, 2003). This study uses a sample of fourth grade students to analyze the …
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Independent predictors of executive function: Cathepsin B and strength
… lifestyle approaches to maintaining healthy function. The benefits of which extend into cognitive function. However, the mechanism through which exercise and eating habits affects cognitive function is poorly understood. This is a significant obstacle in developing effective intervention …
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Parenting behavior and executive function in children with Down syndrome
… effects of parenting on the development of executive function (EF) abilities. Although these associations have been examined in typically developing children, the relationship between parent-child interaction and EF abilities has yet to be examined in dyads where the child has a diagnosis of …
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Language and conflict detection in the development of executive function
… over thought, emotion and action, termed `executive function' (EF), is a defining feature of human cognition. While a great deal is understood about the underlying cognitive processes and neural substrates of EF, much remains unknown about how it develops. Conflict monitoring theory has …
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Executive Function and Early Numeracy in Preschoolers: Can Training Help?
… body of literature supports a relation between executive functions (EF) and mathematics ability in both older and younger children. With the majority of research supporting a relation between mathematics and EF we are lead to the question, can training help improve one or both of these skills? …
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Deconstructing the Tower of London : resolution, alternatives and executive function
Although widely employed as an executive task, the performance demands of the Tower of London task (TOL) are not well understood. The aim of this Thesis is to determine what TOL measures and seven studies are included that illustrate its performance demands. Much of the work is experimental and TOL …
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Executive Function in Children With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder
… their everyday activities. Difficulties with Executive Function (EF) are commonly reported with relationships between EF and motor skills poorly understood. A key component of EF is Inhibition, important for classroom learning and less explored in children with DCD. Study One aimed to …
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Survivors Of Pediatric Brain Tumors: Psychosocial Outcomes And Executive Function
… effects secondary to both disease and treatment. Executive functions (EF) encompass those skills necessary for appropriate problem solving and other goal-directed behaviors. Although no homogenous neuropsychological profile exists in patients with brain tumors, the most affected cognitive domains …
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