The elusive nature of executive functions: A review of our current understanding

MB Jurado, M Rosselli - Neuropsychology review, 2007 - Springer
Executive functions include abilities of goal formation, planning, carrying out goal-directed
plans, and effective performance. This article aims at reviewing some of the current …

[图书][B] Executive Function

SA Wiebe, J Karbach - 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Executive Function: Development Across the Life Span presents perspectives from leading
researchers and theorists on the development of executive function from infancy to late …

Executive functions in developing children: current conceptualizations and questions for the future.

MC Welsh, SL Friedman, SJ Spieker - 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
An important over-arching objective of this chapter will be to examine critically the current
scientific usefulness of the theoretical construct of executive function, given that the …

[图书][B] Executive functions and the frontal lobes: A lifespan perspective

V Anderson, R Jacobs, PJ Anderson - 2010 - books.google.com
This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function
and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first …

Assessing executive functions in children: Biological, psychological, and developmental considerations

V Anderson - Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Executive functions may be defined as those skills necessary for purposeful, goal-directed
activity, and are generally considered to be largely mediated by the frontal and prefrontal …

Executive function in children: Introduction

V Anderson - Child Neuropsychology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
In the developmental literature, concepts of executive function (EF) have been relatively late
emerging. Our understanding of the normal development of EF, and the potential for …

Assessing executive functions in children: biological, psychological, and developmental considerations

V Anderson - Pediatric rehabilitation, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Executive functions may be defined as those skills necessary for purposeful, goal-directed
activity, and are generally considered to be largely mediated by the frontal and prefrontal …

Biological and psychological development of executive functions

DT Stuss - Brain and cognition, 1992 - Elsevier
The purpose of this overview is to provide a background for understanding the relation
between the biological maturation of the frontal lobes and the development of the …

Developmental science and executive function

C Blair - Current directions in psychological science, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Executive function abilities, including working memory, inhibitory control, and the flexible
volitional shifting of the focus of attention, provide a foundation for reflection on experience …

Executive function

SJ Gilbert, PW Burgess - Current biology, 2008 - cell.com
Executive functions are the high-level cognitive processes that facilitate new ways of
behaving, and optimise one's approach to unfamiliar circumstances. As many situations in …