Unity and diversity of executive functions: Individual differences as a window on cognitive structure

NP Friedman, A Miyake - Cortex, 2017 - Elsevier
Executive functions (EFs) are high-level cognitive processes, often associated with the
frontal lobes, that control lower level processes in the service of goal-directed behavior …

A meta-analysis on the relation between fluid intelligence and reading/mathematics: Effects of tasks, age, and social economics status.

P Peng, T Wang, CC Wang, X Lin - Psychological Bulletin, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
This study aimed to determine the relations between fluid intelligence (Gf) and
reading/mathematics and possible moderators. A meta-analysis of 680 studies involving 793 …

A quantitative meta-analysis of neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder.

JC Scott, GE Matt, KM Wrocklage, C Crnich… - Psychological …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with regional alterations in brain
structure and function that are hypothesized to contribute to symptoms and cognitive deficits …

Major depressive disorder is associated with broad impairments on neuropsychological measures of executive function: a meta-analysis and review.

HR Snyder - Psychological bulletin, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive impairments are now widely acknowledged as an important aspect of major
depressive disorder (MDD), and it has been proposed that executive function (EF) may be …

A meta-analytic review of cognition and reading difficulties: Individual differences, moderation, and language mediation mechanisms.

P Peng, Z Zhang, W Wang, K Lee, T Wang… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Based on 378 studies, 541 independent samples, and over 34,000 participants, the current
meta-analysis aimed to explore the associations between cognition and reading difficulties …

Do programs designed to train working memory, other executive functions, and attention benefit children with ADHD? A meta-analytic review of cognitive, academic …

MD Rapport, SA Orban, MJ Kofler… - Clinical psychology review, 2013 - Elsevier
Children with ADHD are characterized frequently as possessing underdeveloped executive
functions and sustained attentional abilities, and recent commercial claims suggest that …

Multiple deficits in ADHD: executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits

D Sjöwall, L Roth, S Lindqvist… - Journal of Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The notion that ADHD constitutes a heterogeneous disorder is well accepted.
However, this study contributes with new important knowledge by examining independent …

Validity of the executive function theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analytic review

EG Willcutt, AE Doyle, JT Nigg, SV Faraone… - Biological …, 2005 - Elsevier
One of the most prominent neuropsychologic theories of attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) suggests that its symptoms arise from a primary deficit in executive …

Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.

NP Friedman, A Miyake, SE Young… - Journal of …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent psychological and neuropsychological research suggests that executive functions--
the cognitive control processes that regulate thought and action--are multifaceted and that …

Executive functions in neurodevelopmental disorders: Comorbidity overlaps between attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and specific learning disorders

G Crisci, S Caviola, R Cardillo… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The present study examines the comorbidity between specific learning disorders (SLD) and
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by comparing the neuropsychological …