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Archambeau, Kim. "Impact of Aging on Executive Functions and Arithmetic Abilities." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/283961.

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Arithmetic abilities are required when solving problems such as “3x4” or “24+33” and are important for many everyday life situations: for instance, to make a recipe or to pay at the store. Given the high incidence of arithmetic difficulties throughout development, the acquisition of arithmetic abilities received much attention in field of numerical cognition. However, although fundamental, only a handful of studies (e.g. Geary & Wiley, 1991) investigated the impact of normal aging on arithmetic problem solving.Therefore the question of whether and how arithmetic abilities are affected by the d
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De, Vito Stefania. "Cognitive underpinning of future thinking." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9962.

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Thinking about the future can take numerous forms, varying from planning actions to foreseeing possible scenarios by means of knowledge and informed guesses, or speculations and intuitions, or imagination and creativity. Different cognitive processes are needed for each of these different types of future thinking. This thesis encompasses a series of experiments both on healthy volunteers and on brain damaged patients, revolving around the issue of "Future Thinking" (FT) that is the cognitive ability, specifically human, of envisaging one's own future. The concept of FT and the relevant literat
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Strobach, Tilo. "Executive functions modulated by context, training, and age." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/13980.

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Der vorliegende Arbeit systematisiert Befunde aus dem Gebiet der exekutiven Funktionen und ihren Modulationen durch verschiedene Parameter (d.h. Shifting, Inhibition, Updating, Dual tasking). Diese Parameter werden in einer entsprechenden Rahmenkonzeption illustriert und umfassen die Parameter Kontext, Training, Alter und ihre Kombinationen. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt Beispiele, wie diese Parameter in Bezug auf exekutive Funktionen realisiert werden können. Im Rahmen des Kontext-Parameters wird beispielsweise gezeigt, wie die Vorhersagbarkeit von Aufgaben und Aufgabenreihenfolgen Dual taskin
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Berg, Valeska. "Measuring executive functions and problem solving in an engaging new way in students." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2022. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2564.

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Executive functions and problem solving are important skills for success in school and life. Measuring executive functions and problem solving with child-friendly tools that can be applied outside the traditional clinical settings remains a challenge. The overall aim of this PhD project was to design a new child-friendly online assessment tool (eFun) to better understand relationships among executive function constructs, problem solving and academic outcomes. The assessment tool eFun was developed in collaboration with designers, software developers, and researchers to ensure validity and usab
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Hyatt, Ritter Anne. "Mindfulness in an Elementary School for Improving the Executive Functions." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670577.

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Objectius: L’entrenament de la consciència plena és un mètode didàctic pràctic i acceptat, dirigit a millorar les funcions executives dels alumnes d’educació primària. Amb tot, els estudis de consciència plena realitzats fins ara sobre els alumnes d’ensenyament primari han estat dirigits majoritàriament per instructors externs, aliens a l’aula i a la seva rutina escolar. Calen més projectes de recerca sobre la consciència plena liderats per docents i integrats en els plans d’estudi. Mind Yeti és un programa d’intervenció basat en la consciència plena que compleix amb aquests requisits. En aque
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Jacobson, Jessica Gail. "What Processes Promote Resilience? The Role of Positive Emotion, Cognitive Flexibility and Reappraisal." Scholarly Repository, 2008. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/152.

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Resilience implies the ability to quickly recover from a negative life event and adapt to changing situations. The goal of the current study was to explore the mechanisms underlying resilience, including the roles of cognitive emotion regulation (reappraisal) and cognitive flexibility. Although all aforementioned mechanisms were investigated, there was a particular focus on the relationship between resilience and "affective flexibility," a term used to describe cognitive flexibility in processing affective stimuli. In the current study, participants completed several self-report personality an
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Wilson, Jennifer Susan. "Hot and Cool Executive Functions in Middle Childhood: Development and Relationships with Cognitive and Emotional Processes, and Functional Outcomes." Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367127.

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Executive functioning (EF) follows a protracted course of development, emerging in early infancy and continuing to develop throughout childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, before declining in older age (Diamond, 2006; Zelazo, Craik, & Booth, 2004). Despite this, the majority of developmental research has focused on the emergence of EF before age 5 (Best, Miller, & Jones, 2009). Recent research also suggests that EF can usefully be separated into hot (more emotionally driven) and cool (more abstract) factors (Kerr & Zelazo, 2004), and that these factors likely have distinct neural underpi
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Hlaing, EiEi. "Neuropsychological Sequelae of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Later Adulthood." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1043.

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The present study examined the neuropsychological relevance of poor sleep in a sample of community dwelling healthy older adults and a clinical sample of patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) between 40 and 90 years of age. The cognitive performance of 67 patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was compared to those of 46 controls screened for OSA using a portable device called ApneaLinkTM. The current study identified common neuropsychological variables associated with poor sleep quality in general (i.e., as a result of daytime sleepiness) and neuropsychological variable
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Hatchard, Taylor. "Impact of Regular Low-Level Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Interference and Response Inhibition: An fMRI Investigation in Young Adults." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36336.

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The purpose of the present dissertation was to shed light on the neurophysiological effect of regular consumption of low amounts of alcohol on two important aspects of executive functions, cognitive interference and response inhibition, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a sample of young adults. Participants were recruited from the Ottawa Prenatal Prospective Study (OPPS), a longitudinal study that has collected data from participants from infancy to young adulthood, which permitted control of a number of potentially confounding drug and lifestyle variables. This allowed fo
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Estrada, Plana Verónica. "Interventions based on board games to improve working memory, executive functions, and other cognitive processes related across lifespan." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673011.

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Les funcions executives són processos psicològics claus en el nostre dia a dia. Les intervencions focalitzades en la cognició podrien millorar-les. L’ús d’elements lúdics podria incrementar els seus beneficis. Per tant, la inclusió de jocs de taula en aquestes intervencions podria incrementar els seus beneficis. L’objectiu de la present tesi va estar: i) Secció 1: revisar els estudis que van avaluar l’efectivitat de les intervencions basades en jocs de taula; ii) Secció 2: comprovar l’efectivitat de les intervencions basades en jocs de taula moderns al llarg del cicle vital. D’aquesta manera e
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Himes, Samantha. "An Examination of the Executive Functioning of Juvenile Offenders." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395662657.

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Rodrigues, Lizandra Rutkoski. "Cognitive differences between monolinguals and bi/multilinguals: executive functions boosted by code-switching?" Universidade Catolica de Pelotas, 2013. http://tede.ucpel.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/284.

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Polsinelli, Angelina Jantina, and Angelina Jantina Polsinelli. "Cognitive and Emotional Associations of Mindfulness in Older Adults." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625561.

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Research demonstrates that mindfulness in younger and middle-aged adults is associated with cognitive and emotional benefits. Mindfulness in older adults is less frequently studied but given the overlap between cognitive and emotional benefits of mindfulness and domains of age-related decline, this may be an important population to investigate. The present set of three studies had three aims: 1) to establish the validity of the Five Faceted Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) as a measure of mindfulness in an older adult population (Study 1); 2) to examine the cognitive and emotional associations
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Clausén, Gull Ingela. "The relation between Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-131987.

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Executive Functions (EF) and Emotion Regulation (ER) are essential for children´s ability to regulate and control thoughts, behavior and emotions but the developmental relations between them are unclear. The present study was performed within the project PsPATHS with the purpose to investigate the relation between EF and ER. Performance on cognitive tasks tapping inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility were combined with teacher report of ER in 55 four to five year old preschool children. Contrary to the hypothesis, no significant relations could be established between EF
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Lundequist, Aiko. "Longitudinal studies of executive and cognitive development after preterm birth." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-78946.

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Stockholm Neonatal Project is a longitudinal population-based study of children born prematurely in 1988-93, with a very low birth weight (&lt;1500 g), who have been followed prospectively from birth through adolescence. A matched control group was recruited at age 5 ½ years. The overall aim was to investigate long-term developmental outcome, paying particular attention to executive functions (EF) in relation to degree of prematurity, birth weight and medical risks. Study I showed a disadvantage in visuo-motor development at 5 ½ years, especially among the preterm boys. Visuo-motor skills were
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Keil, Katrina. "Executive function and aphasia." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289829.

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Executive and cognitive functioning was examined in 25 individuals (aged 41-80 yrs) with aphasia following stroke, 7 nonaphasic individuals (aged 39-76 yrs) with frontal lobe injury, and 25 control participants. Clinical and experimental measures were administered using nonverbal instructions. Tests included the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices, Tower of Hanoi (TOH), Porteus Mazes (PM), Judgment of Line Orientation, Western Aphasia Battery, and a new board test of spatial planning, the Errands Test. The aphasic group performed more poorly than the control group on some tests. Performance
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Yocum, Amanda A. "Employing Strategy in Measures of Executive Functioning: Young Versus Old Adults." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1210296951.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.<br>Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 7, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-36). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.
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Gorby, Sean Ryan. "Heart Rate Variability and Cognitive Function: Connecting Autonomic Functions to Sustained Attention, Working Memory, and Counselor Trainees’ Cognitive Performance." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563448201927916.

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Wild, Krista. "Neuroimmunoendocrine Pathology and Cognitive Function in Type 2 Diabetes." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/35.

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Cognitive impairment among older adults with type 2 diabetes may worsen health outcomes via negative impact on compliance with medical self-care recommendations. Results of several previous studies indicate that cognitive deficits are present in older European American adults with type 2 diabetes under some conditions, particularly related to glucose dysregulation (as evidenced by high glycated hemoglobin, i.e., HbA1c). Despite the fact African Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes and suffer significantly greater numbers of complications and more severe complications relativ
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Webb, Shannon Lee. "Does mood matter? Investigation of its influence on Cognitive Training performance and engagement in older adults." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/23008.

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With the ageing population, increasing rates of disorders of aging such as dementia are of global concern due to the lack of efficacious preventative or curative interventions. This thesis addresses two key issues contributing to the lack of consensus for the efficacy of Cognitive Training (CT) in the treatment of cognitive decline. First, it highlights the issue of methodological heterogeneity between studies and reviews in outcome task classification. The meta-analysis addressed this through the development and evaluation of a theoretically driven taxonomy—the CHC-M—for cognitive outcome cla
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Rogers, Ben. "Executive function in autism : a comparative study." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268644.

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Birbas, Nicole, and Linda Terneborg. "Second language proficiency and its effects on cognitive functions: : Relations between bilingualism and tactile and visual versions of the Simon task." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-118464.

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Bilinguals have repeatedly shown to have better results than monolinguals in non-verbal cognitive tasks that require inhibition of distracting stimuli. Evidence suggests that this enhanced performance is due to training effects of non domain specific executive functions, and that this gain in cognitive performance can contribute to a cognitive reserve in old age. One of the most frequently used methods when studying the relationship between second language proficiency and cognitive abilities is the Simon task in the visual sensory modality. The present study aimed to determine if the advantage
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Todorov, Ivo. "Individual Differences in Multitasking : Support for Spatiotemporal Offloading." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-138728.

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In both the private and work spheres, multitasking among three or more activities has become and is continuing to evolve as a pervasive element of everyday life, and recent technological advances only seem to be exacerbating the process. Despite attempts to understand the mental processes that let humans successfully multitask, little is known about the functional cognitive level at which these mental processes take place. This thesis makes a case for the involvement of spatial ability (among other cognitive abilities) in successful multitasking behavior. It focuses on the importance of the co
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Mitsis, Effie M. "Construct validity of executive functions in normal adults and in adults with mild cognitive impairment." Full text available, 2003. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/mitsis.pdf.

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Molzhon, Andrea. "Predicting Arithmetic Performance from Age and Executive Function Skills." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2314.

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The learning of mathematics can be a difficult process for many students. Understanding the cognitive components that contribute to arithmetic achievement may illuminate sources of difficulty and inform the development of better teaching and learning practices. Executive functions (EFs) have been implicated in the development of arithmetic skills in early childhood, but less is known about this relation across middle childhood and beyond. The current study included individuals ages 6-7, 9-10, 12-13, and 18+ years and examined the contributions of 3 components of EF, working memory (WM), inhibi
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Ershadi, Mahsa. "Establishing Predictors of Insight Problem Solving In Children: Age, Not Cognitive Control or Socioeconomic Status, Determines Immunity to Functional Fixedness." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109037.

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Thesis advisor: Ellen Winner<br>Cognitive control, the ability to limit attention to goal-relevant information, subserves higher-order cognitive functions such as reasoning, attention, planning and organization. Counterintuitively, deficits in these functions have proven advantageous in certain contexts: low cognitive control means less filtering of attention, and such unfiltered attention leads to novel solutions in insight problem solving contexts. Insight is the clear and often sudden discernment of a solution to a problem by means that are not obvious, and it plays an indispensable role in
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Baranski, Michael Francis Stephen. "The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Executive Functions, Moderated by Trait Anxiety." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586530258186921.

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Cragg, Lucy. "The development of executive function in childhood." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e47c4799-f629-45cf-902c-46377e855024.

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The experiments in this thesis explored the development of executive function in 5- to 11-year-old children. Developmentally-appropriate versions of the task-switching paradigm, go/no-go task and self-ordered pointing test were used to measure shifting, inhibition and working memory respectively. These executive skills were examined independently and within-task experimental manipulations were used to explore both the executive and non-executive processes that influenced children’s performance. These allowed the investigation of not only when, but also how executive function develops. It was f
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Raizer, Klaus 1982. "Executive functions for Learning and decision-making in a bio-inspired cognitive architecture = Funções executivas para aprendizado e tomada de decisão em uma arquitetura cognitiva bio-inspirada." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/261106.

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Orientador: Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T01:31:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Raizer_Klaus_D.pdf: 4879759 bytes, checksum: 77716297b6419a3ee55bdf97ac67493d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015<br>Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é o desenvolvimento de funções executivas para uma arquitetura cognitiva bioinspirada baseada em codelets. Um desafio que toda criatura (seja ela artificial ou biológica) enfrenta é definir qual a próxima ação a ser tomada, a cada
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Booth, Josephine N. "Executive functions and children's reading difficulties : the effects of task modality, cognitive ability and comorbid conditions." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2011. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15494.

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Graham, Dakeyan Cha' Dre'. "Secondary Band Participation and Executive Function." Scholar Commons, 2015. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5488.

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Data on standardized tests is often used to advocate for the inclusion of music programs in secondary education curriculum. There have been studies that claim to identify a relationship between music participation and higher earned test scores; however, correlation does not necessarily equate to causation. The argument between whether music instruction improves student testing ability or if higher achieving students are attracted to music courses is still prevalent within the music education domain. Executive function represents the processes within the brain that encompass a number of cogniti
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Savla, Gauri Nayak. "Executive functions in schizophrenia defining and refining the constructs /." Diss., [La Jolla] : [San Diego] : University of California, San Diego ; San Diego State University, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3349662.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2009.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed April 16, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-94).
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Sullivan, Erin. "An Examination of Risk and Resilience Factors Predicting Executive Functioning in Women following Psychological Trauma." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538680/.

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Psychological trauma may affect higher-order executive functions, which include selective attention, inhibition, and task-switching processes. Difficulty in these executive processes can in turn influence individuals' daily functioning and may also negatively affect the psychological treatment of post-trauma symptoms. Women may be most at risk for developing problems with executive functioning following trauma, consistent with their overall greater risk of developing post-trauma symptoms. Yet, little is understood about the influence of psychological variables, premorbid functioning, and speci
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Slama, Hichem. "Task-goal switching: Influences of time, language, alertness and expertise." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/229285.

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Almost 100 years ago, Jersild (1927) published his article “Mental Set and Shift”. He borrowed this title from a book of Hollingworth and Poffenberger (1919), according to whom “shifting back and forth from one mental set, one attitude or one task to another, is a relatively ineffective mode of work.” As pointed out by Jersild, the cost of switching between activities or mental sets is, for instance, the reason for Taylor’s model of industrialization and the trend in industry toward specialization. Through specialization, the element of switch is reduced to its minimum because “the cost of shi
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FRoehlich, Tanya. "ADHD-related Executive Functions: Interactions of a DRD4 Polymorphism, Lead, and Sex." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1185465160.

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Davies, Simon Rolf. "An investigation of the cognitive nature of general intelligence." University of Western Australia. School of Psychology, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0118.

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[Truncated abstract] Central to the study of general intelligence is Spearman?s g, one definition of which is general fluid reasoning ability. At a cognitive level of explanation, it has recently been hypothesized that individual differences in g is based in the executive functions of the frontal lobes. This theory can be contrasted with the theory that the fount of g is speed of information processing. The aim of this thesis was to test the idea that the two contrasting theories of g could be reconciled by invoking an alternative theory which suggests that there may be two g?s one related t
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Morton, Nicholas. "The contribution of executive functions and implicit cognitive processes to self-awareness deficits after traumatic brain injury." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500148.

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Appelblad, Erik, and Olov Sandzén. "Bilingualism and the Simon effect: A multimodal approach." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105201.

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Previous research has studied the relationship between bilingualism and cognitive abilities. In some of those studies results have shown that bilinguals perform better than monolinguals in visual Simon tasks (i.e. they are less distracted by the incongruent stimuli). The aim of the current study is to see if a similar effect can be found in Simon tasks using the tactile and auditory sensory modalities. In this study bilingual participants (36 university students) with different proficiency in their second language performed a Simon task employing two intensities of vibration and two different
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Spokes, Tara. "Ageing and Cognitive Inhibition: An ERP analysis." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365459.

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Impaired cognitive inhibition is one of a number of changes in cognitive functioning that are associated with healthy ageing. Cognitive inhibition is the ability to suppress or withhold some cognitive process and includes the ability to block out distracting information. Successful cognitive inhibition underlies improved performance on a range of executive functions including problem solving, long-term planning and goal-directed behaviour (Darowski, Helder, Zacks, Hasher, & Hambrick, 2008). One theory posits that age-related deficits in cognitive inhibition may underlie general cognitive decli
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Brander, Löf Caroline, and Sanna Lindblom. "The effects of acute aerobic exercise on executive functions." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-38993.

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The aim of the study was to examine the acute effects of exercise on three executivefunctions: attention, inhibition and working memory, in regularly exercising women (​n​ = 10)and men (​n​ = 10). Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate if different intensity levels ofaerobic exercise had an effect on executive functioning. Twenty adults, aged 21-54 years,participated in the study. The participants were randomly assigned to one of two differentexercise intensity levels, moderate or vigorous. Every participant was assigned twoconditions, inactive and active. In both conditions, the particip
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Sousa, Silvia Godoy de. "Avaliação de funções executivas e não-executivas em adolescentes e sua relação com a inteligência." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2012. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/1765.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:41:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvia Godoy de Sousa.pdf: 1337585 bytes, checksum: f2c99fff6d4028a3fbe2398d95ec8ac1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-09<br>Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa<br>Executive functions refer to the individual capacity of engage in objective oriented behaviors, that is, to carry out autonomous and auto-organized actions, oriented for specific goals. Abilities related to the executive functions overlap the psychological concept of intelligent behavior; however, some studies have revealed inconsistency in the relation between
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Marklund, Petter. "Cross-functional brain imaging of attention, memory and executive functions : unity and diversity of neurocognitive component processes /." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Psychology, Umeå University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-805.

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Braga, Miriam. "Tes and its Effects on Cognitive FUnctions: Feasibility and Limitations for a Broader Clinical Application." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3426716.

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Trascranial electrical stimulation (tES) is a neuromodulation technique which applies a mild current to modulate a wide variety of cognitive functions. It was shown that depending on the protocol applied, tES is effective in enhancing or interfering with cortical excitation, even if further research is needed in order to better understand its effects. In our studies, we focused on the online or offline effects of various tES protocols and on disparate tasks, in order to evaluate potential future application on clinical population. To date, few studies investigated offline, transfer effects of
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Perchinske, Roseann Marie. "Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Older Women." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1371832239.

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Jensen, Jessica A. "Examining the Bilingual Advantage in Visuospatial Executive Function Tasks for Regular Use Bilinguals." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu161167780676892.

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MARTINČIĆ, RENATA. "The relationship between math anxiety, math attitudes and math performance A study on Italian and Croatian 3rd and 5th graders." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Trieste, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2991066.

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Math anxiety (MA) is defined as an emotional reaction impairing the performance of people engaged in numbers and mathematics (Gunduz, 2015). Furthermore, MA is a “feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear that interferes with math performance” (Ashcraft, 2002). In particular, MA interferes with the individual’s performance on mathematics, manipulation of numbers, and problem-solving activity (Ingole & Pandya, 2015; Lai, Zhu, Chen, & Li, 2015). Students’ negative attitudes and perceptions, such as disliking math or feeling nervous and bored by it often lead to the experience of MA, which can fo
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Govoni, Chiara. "Neural basis of cognitive control: TMS studies." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3426146.

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Everyday behaviour requires constant coordination and monitoring in order for our actions to be successful. Within cognitive science such coordination and monitoring of behaviour is termed ‘control’ and refers to a set of functions that serve to configure the mental system for performing specific acts. A system of cognitive control is thought to set high level goals and direct subordinate cognitive systems in order to accomplish those goals. This thesis utilises a transcranical magnetic stimulation (TMS) approach to the study of executive control, addressing research questions concerning the m
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Molzhon, Andrea. "Exploring the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on the Executive Function and Theory of Mind Skills of Preschoolers." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4226.

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Executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM) skills develop rapidly during the preschool years and have been found to directly and indirectly contribute to school readiness. Evidence indicates that EF may influence ToM development, though this relation may not be consistent across children from different backgrounds. Additionally, socioeconomic status (SES) has been shown to affect preschoolers’ EF, while the literature is mixed regarding the effects – if any – that SES may have on ToM development. Though the relation between EF and ToM appears robust across the literature, the possible ef
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Broadley, Melanie M. "Type 1 diabetes and disordered eating behaviour: Exploring the role of executive function." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122229/1/Melanie_Broadley_Thesis.pdf.

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Disordered eating behaviour is prevalent in young adults with type 1 diabetes, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This thesis explored the involvement of higher-order cognitive function (executive function) in influencing this relationship. Findings collectively indicated that executive function difficulties were over-represented in young adults with type 1 diabetes, and that executive function may be uniquely and more strongly related to disordered eating behaviours in this clinical group relative to those without diabetes.
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Rustin, Charlotte Lucy. "Working memory, speed of processing, inhibition and interference : contributions to cognitive development in 5 to 10 year old children." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250139.

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