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Julia L. Allan, David McMinn, Michael Daly
Physically active lifestyles and other health-enhancing behaviors play an important role in preserving executive function into old age. Conversely, emerging research suggests that executive functions facilitate participation in a broad range of healthy behaviors including physical activity and reduced fatty food…
Miriam Romero-López, Carmen Pichardo, Sylvia Sastre-Riba, Francisco Cano-García + 1 more
'Francisco Cano-García' 'Mark A. Connelly'] Background/Objectives: Numerous research studies link the improvement in executive functions and school success. However, there is hardly any research analyzing the transfer of this improvement to behavioral problems. This study analyzed whether improving executive functions…
Juan A. García-Madruga, Isabel Gómez-Veiga, José Ó. Vila
In this paper, we propose a preliminary theory of executive functions that address in a specific way their relationship with working memory (WM) and higher-level cognition. It includes: (a) four core on-line WM executive functions that are involved in every novel and complex cognitive task; (b) two higher order…
Jesús de la Fuente, María Carmen González-Torres, Maite Aznárez-Sanado, José Manuel Martínez-Vicente + 2 more
The proliferation of research production in Psychology as a science has been increasing exponentially. This situation leads to the necessity of organizing the research production into different levels of analysis that make it possible to delimit each research domain. The objective of this analysis is to clearly…
Sofiane Souissi, Karim Chamari, Tarek Bellaj
Introduction In the past three decades, there has been increasing interest in assessing children’s Executive Functions (EF). However, studies on the conceptualization and operationalization of this construct are incongruent and guidance for clinicians and researchers aiming to assess EF is insufficient due to…
Niki H. Kamkar, J. B. Morton
The close association between executive functions (EFs) and educational achievement has led to the idea that targeted EF training might facilitate learning and goal-directed behavior in the classroom. The evidence that training interventions have long-lasting and transferable effects is however decidedly mixed ([41]…
Camila de Assis Faria, Heloisa Veiga Dias Alves, Helenice Charchat-Fichman
aging OS TESTES NEUROPSICOLÓGICOS MAIS UTILIZADOS PARA AVALIAR FUNÇÕES EXECUTIVAS NO ENVELHECIMENTO Authors: Camila de Assis Faria, Heloisa Veiga Dias Alves, Helenice Charchat-Fichman There are numerous neuropsychological tests for assessing executive functions in aging, which vary according to the different domains…
Thaís Bento Lima-Silva, Aline Teixeira Fabrício, Laís dos Santos Vinholi e Silva, Glaúcia Martins de Oliveira + 9 more
pilot study TREINO DE FUNÇÕES EXECUTIVAS PARA IDOSOS SAUDÁVEIS: RESULTADOS DE UM ESTUDO PILOTO Authors: ['Thaís Bento Lima-Silva' 'Aline Teixeira Fabrício' 'Laís dos Santos Vinholi e Silva' 'Glaúcia Martins de Oliveira' 'Wesley Turci da Silva' 'Priscilla Tiemi Kissaki' 'Anna Pereira Fernandes da Silva' 'Tamiris Fessel…
Nikolai Shcherbakov, Nataliya Varako, Maria Kovyazina, Yulia Zueva + 4 more
Executive function disorder rehabilitation in neurological patients is associated with many difficulties. We investigated the effectiveness of group training, proposed by B. Wilson et al., which has the model of frontal lobes functioning by D. T. Stuss as the theoretical background. The study participants were 16…
Mojitola I. Idowu, Andre J. Szameitat, Andrew Parton
Numerous studies have examined executive function (EF) abilities in cognitively healthy older adults and those living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Currently, there are no standard accepted protocols for testing specific EFs; thus, researchers have used their preferred tool, which…
Mariëtte Huizinga, Jacob A. Burack, Dieter Baeyens
Executive function is an umbrella term that refers to a set of fundamental cognitive functions essential for fostering goal-oriented and socially adaptive behavior. These cognitive functions enable us to flexibly retain crucial information, reflect within the context of novel situations, inhibit ingrained responses…
Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon, Thiago W. Viola, Breno Sanvicente-Vieira, Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz + 1 more
'Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz' 'Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira'] Recently, there has been growing interest in understanding how executive functions are conceptualized in psychopathology. Since several models have been proposed, the major issue lies within the definition of executive functioning itself. Theoretical discussions have…
Maria Niures P.S. Matioli, Paulo Caramelli, Bárbara D. Marques, Fernanda D. da Rocha + 3 more
population with heterogeneous educational background EXIT25 – Teste de funções executivas aplicado a uma população de idosos saudáveis com diferente nível de escolaridade Authors: ['Maria Niures P.S. Matioli' 'Paulo Caramelli' 'Bárbara D. Marques' 'Fernanda D. da Rocha' 'Maria Cristina C. de Castro' 'Samia R.…
Georgina Donati, Emma Meaburn, Iroise Dumontheil
Developmental changes in the brain networks involved in emotion regulation are thought to contribute to vulnerability to mental health problems during adolescence. Executive control is often viewed as allowing top-down regulation of emotional responses. However, while associations between executive control and mental…
Yoonhee Sung, Eunsil Choi, Andrea Chirico, Pierluigi Diotaiuti + 1 more
'Elisa Cavicchiolo'] The goal of this study was to examine the reciprocal longitudinal relationships between executive dysfunction and happiness for Korean children. We used data from the Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC) conducted by the Korean Institute of Child Care and Education. A total of 1240 valid responses…
Annet Bluschke, Maja von der Hagen, Barbara Novotna, Veit Roessner + 1 more
'Christian Beste'] The past years have seen an incredible increase in the quality and success rates of treatments in pediatric medicine. One of the resulting major challenges refers to the management of primary or secondary residual executive function deficits in affected children. These deficits lead to problems in…
Mingzhu Ye, Jian Xiong, Fang Zhao, Shanshan Sun + 2 more
'Guohua Zheng'] Background Current evidence indicates that regular exercise can have a positive impact on cognitive function in older adults, but whether different exercise modalities may induce differential protective effects in different cognitive domains is uncertain. Objective To compare the effect of traditional…
Demis Basso, Ida Bosio, Vincenza Tarantino, Francesco Carabba + 1 more
Since its introduction, the construct of executive functions (EFs) has been associated with a set of tests to assess these functions and a brain network centered in the associative frontal brain regions. While the majority of perspectives have endorsed these associations, some studies have started casting doubts on…