The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function

NP Friedman, TW Robbins - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

The unity and diversity of executive functions: A systematic review and re-analysis of latent variable studies.

JE Karr, CN Areshenkoff, P Rast, SM Hofer… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

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 …

Neural perspectives on cognitive control development during childhood and adolescence

EA Crone, N Steinbeis - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Since the discovery that patients with damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC) show similar
deficits in cognitive control as young children, the PFC model of cognitive control …

Pathways from socioeconomic status to early academic achievement: The role of specific executive functions

NE Waters, SF Ahmed, S Tang, FJ Morrison… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
Among the many factors contributing to the SES-achievement gap, executive function (EF)
skills have received a considerable amount of attention, given their role in supporting …

Mediating and moderating effects of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between social media addiction and phubbing

F Tanhan, Hİ Özok, A Kaya, M Yıldırım - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Presently, social media is widely used worldwide among different populations. Therefore,
phubbing rapidly became a popular phenomenon in our daily life. However, little is known …

Do rating and task measures of control abilities assess the same thing?

NP Friedman, DE Gustavson - Current Directions in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Resting-state networks predict individual differences in common and specific aspects of executive function

AE Reineberg, JR Andrews-Hanna, BE Depue… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
The goal of the present study was to examine relationships between individual differences in
resting state functional connectivity as ascertained by fMRI (rs-fcMRI) and performance on …

For better or for worse? Positive and negative parental influences on young children's executive function

C Hughes, RT Devine - Child development, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite rapidly growing research on parental influences on children's executive function
(EF), the uniqueness and specificity of parental predictors and links between adult EF and …

The factor structure of executive function in childhood and adolescence

F Laureys, S De Waelle, MT Barendse, M Lenoir… - Intelligence, 2022 - Elsevier
Executive functioning (EF) plays a major role in many domains of human behaviour,
including self-regulation, academic achievement, and even sports expertise. While a …