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Executive functioning in methamphetamine psychosis
… affected in methamphetamine dependence are executive functions; previous research fails to employ a comprehensive battery of executive functioning tests. Second, there is little research investigating the specific neuropsychological impairments associated with methamphetamine psychosis in …
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Does Acute Aerobic Exercise Improve Executive Functioning?
Research has suggested that exercise may impact executive functioning, though results are inconsistent. This study examined whether acute aerobic exercise improves performance on either inhibitory control or updating tasks or both. Using a 2x2 design, participants were randomly assigned to an …
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Executive functioning in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
… routine and repetitive behaviours. Research into executive functioning and behaviour in other neurodevelopmental disorders, suggests that behaviours that are phenotypic of a syndrome are underpinned by specific executive functioning impairments. This study aims to examine the executive functioning …
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Executive Functioning: The Selective Use of Mnemonics
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Media Multitasking and Executive Functioning in Young Adults
… determine the relationships between young adults executive functioning and media multitasking. This was addressed through the systematic exploration of executive functioning utilising behavioural performance tasks, informed by Diamond’s (2013) executive function framework that details three …
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Neural correlates of executive functioning in preschool children
<p>Healthy development of executive functioning (EF) provides an important foundation for emotional and behavioral regulation as well as academic success. Preschool is a time of rapid EF development, making this a target age group for identifying and intervening on EF weaknesses. Since EF has been …
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NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF ECSTASY/MDMA USE ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
… response to tasks that measure executive functions, and neuroendocrine function in ecstasy users and non-users. Each of the proposed executive functions outlined in Miyake et al.’s (2000) conceptual framework (inhibition, switching and updating) as well as the addition of access …
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Executive Functioning In Child Survivors of Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytomas
… of EF, which consisted of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and the subtests comprising the Working Memory Index from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition. Parents and teachers completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of …
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Alterations in executive functioning induced by repeated amphetamine exposure
… Previous work has shown that two types of executive functions, set shifting and working memory (WM), are disrupted by AMPH sensitization and that these cognitive domains are impaired in schizophrenics and stimulant abusers. We assessed the effects of AMPH sensitization on behavioural …
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Family context and executive functioning in preschool-age children
<p>Executive functioning is predictive of school readiness, successful life endeavors, and other positive outcomes. The literature frequently explores how child executive functions are associated with characteristics of mother-child interactions as well as adverse environmental conditions such as …
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Reexamining Homework to Teach Executive Functioning in Elementary Schools
… complete homework. These skills are defined as executive functions and are important skills for students to have moving forward yet these skills are not being taught early enough. The purpose of this research project was to better understand the relationship between homework and executive …
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Self awareness and executive functioning following traumatic brain injury
… on interventions for the rehabilitation of executive functioning. It has been written with the intention to submit to the journal: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. The empirical study is the second paper. This examines the impact of verbal and visual/verbal feedback on awareness of errors …
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Executive functioning in preschool children : utility of two new instruments
Executive Functioning skills develop with age, emerging in infancy and becoming established in early adulthood. Despite the considerable attention given them in child, adolescent and adult research, they have received only minimal attention in research with preschool age children. Many disorders of …
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Emotional trauma and children’s executive functioning : is there a connection?
… the connection between emotional trauma and executive function ability in children and adolescents. Trauma is defined as an overwhelming event that is beyond the realm of what might be an expectable occurrence for the average person. A serious outcome, occurring in around 14% of those …
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Executive Functioning and Memory Performance in ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome
… have comorbid disorders. This study investigated executive function and memory differences between 11 children with Asperger’s syndrome, 13 children with ADHD, and 36 controls, all ranging in age from 7-16 years. Executive function was assessed using Conner’s Continuous Performance Test (CPT), …
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Executive Functioning Outcomes among Self-Harming Adolescents Receiving DBT-A
… emotion regulation, shifting, and interpersonal functioning. DBT-A has been shown to be effective in treating these youth and the skills of mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and “walking the middle path” are suited to treat their impaired EFs. As …
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Executive Functioning, Stress, and Interpersonal Support in Adults with ADHD
… adults. ADHD symptoms are primarily caused by executive functioning (EF) deficits according to the executive functioning theory of ADHD. Additionally, adults with ADHD are more likely to experience life stress, which is associated with greater challenges with EF. Previous research suggests that …
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