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 …

Advancing understanding of executive function impairments and psychopathology: bridging the gap between clinical and cognitive approaches

HR Snyder, A Miyake, BL Hankin - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Executive function (EF) is essential for successfully navigating nearly all of our daily
activities. Of critical importance for clinical psychological science, EF impairments are …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive function in a randomized trial of evolocumab

RP Giugliano, F Mach, K Zavitz, C Kurtz… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Findings from clinical trials of proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9
(PCSK9) inhibitors have led to concern that these drugs or the low levels of low-density …

The potential for school-based interventions that target executive function to improve academic achievement: A review

R Jacob, J Parkinson - Review of educational research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article systematically reviews what is known empirically about the association between
executive function and student achievement in both reading and math and critically …

What is normal in normal aging? Effects of aging, amyloid and Alzheimer's disease on the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus

AM Fjell, L McEvoy, D Holland, AM Dale… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
What can be expected in normal aging, and where does normal aging stop and pathological
neurodegeneration begin? With the slow progression of age-related dementias such as …

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 …

Biological and clinical characteristics of gene carriers far from predicted onset in the Huntington's disease Young Adult Study (HD-YAS): a cross-sectional analysis

RI Scahill, P Zeun, K Osborne-Crowley… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Disease-modifying treatments are in development for Huntington's disease;
crucial to their success is to identify a timepoint in a patient's life when there is a measurable …

Executive functions

A Diamond - Annual review of psychology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Executive functions (EFs) make possible mentally playing with ideas; taking the time to think
before acting; meeting novel, unanticipated challenges; resisting temptations; and staying …

The unity and diversity of executive functions and their contributions to complex “frontal lobe” tasks: A latent variable analysis

A Miyake, NP Friedman, MJ Emerson, AH Witzki… - Cognitive …, 2000 - Elsevier
This individual differences study examined the separability of three often postulated
executive functions—mental set shifting (“Shifting”), information updating and monitoring …

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 …