Executive functions (EFs) are a set of skills responsible for the cognitive control of emotional
states and behavior as well as for information processing required for learning and memory …

The ability to control one's thoughts and actions is broadly associated with health and
success, so it is unsurprising that measuring self-control abilities is a common goal across …

Self-control and self-regulation can be seen as core aspects of adaptive human behavior,
which are studied, largely in parallel, in the field of social, health, personality, cognitive, and …

Background Deficits in executive functions (EFs), cognitive processes that control goal-
directed behaviors, are associated with psychopathology and neurologic disorders. Little is …

The relationship of verbal fluency to executive functions (EFs) remains somewhat unclear.
Verbal fluency is sometimes considered an EF ability, but is not often included in the same …

Individual differences in self-control predict many health and life outcomes. Building on twin
literature, we used genomic structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis that genetic …

Executive function encompasses effortful cognitive processes that are particularly
susceptible to aging. Functional brain networks supporting executive function—such as the …

While Enkavi et al.'s (1) examination of the reliability of self-regulation dependent variables
(DVs) from online assessments is an important addition to the field, their conclusion that …

Much debate has concerned the separability of executive function abilities and intelligence,
with some evidence that the 2 constructs are genetically indistinguishable in children and …

Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, and AD polygenic risk scores (AD-
PRSs) have been derived from genome-wide association studies. However, the nature of …