- Executive Function
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- T247688
- Executive Function (English, Latin script, Original)
EF is comprised of a set of cognitive control processes, mainly supported by the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which regulate lower level processes (e.g., perception, motor responses) and thereby enable self-regulation and self-directed behavior toward a goal, allowing us to break out of habits, make decisions and evaluate risks, plan for the future, prioritize and sequence our actions, and cope with novel situations.
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- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
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Executive functions (EFs; also called executive control or cognitive control) refer to a family of top-down mental processes needed when you have to concentrate and pay attention, when going on automatic or relying on instinct or intuition would be ill-advised, insufficient, or impossible.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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General purpose control mechanisms that modulate the operation of various cognitive subprocesses and thereby regulate the dynamics of human cognition.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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Executive functions are the suite of processes that underlie goal-directed self-regulatory behaviors, including attention, planning, and inhibitory control.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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The term executive function defines complex cognitive processing requiring the co-ordination of several subprocesses to achieve a particular goal.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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Executive functions (EF) encompass those cognitive processes that underlie goal-directed behavior and are orchestrated by activity within the prefrontal cortex.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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Executive functions are complex, higher order processes moderated primarily by the frontal lobe, specifically the prefrontal cortex. The complexity of executive function has made a universally accepted definition elusive, but attention (focusing on relevant information and ignoring distractors), working memory (maintaining information until execution), and motor planning (goal-directed motor planning and programming) are generally considered key executive functions. Executive functions influence social, emotional, intellectual, and organizational aspects of one’s life.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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Executive function (EF) is an umbrella term that encompasses the set of higher-order processes (such as inhibitory control, working memory, and attentional flexibility) that govern goal-directed action and adaptive responses to novel, complex, or ambiguous situations.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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The ability to hold in mind information in working memory, to inhibit fast and unthinking responses to stimulation, and to flexibly shift the focus of one’s mental frame.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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The cognitive control processes that regulate thought and action.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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The term executive functions refers to the hypothesized brain processes that control other brain processes. Metaphorically speaking, the executive functions are the brain’s chief executive officer. Executive functions include, at a minimum, inhibition, memory, attention, flexibility, planning, and problem solving.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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The superordinate construct called “executive functions” refers to a diverse suite of skills that subserve two primary goals: to enable us to manage ourselves and to engage with the environment. Knowledge of these neural systems and how they develop in the brain and emerge in behavior is under active examination.
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- English
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- Veronica Kuhn
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