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Executive Function

Known as: executive functioning, Executive Controls, Function, Executive 
A set of cognitive functions that controls complex, goal-directed thought and behavior. Executive function involves multiple domains, such as CONCEPT… 
National Institutes of Health

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Ability to perform cognitive activityActivities of Daily Living (activity)AttentionBrain

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Cognition

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2015
2015
Independent effects of HIV infection and cocaine dependence on neurocognitive impairment in a community sample living in the southern United States.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Executive functions in young males with fragile X syndrome in comparison to mental age-matched controls: baseline findings from a longitudinal study.
The performance of 54 boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS), ages 7 to 13 years, was compared to that of a group of typically… 
2008
2008
Disrupted memory inhibition in schizophrenia
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Clozapine Enhances Prepulse Inhibition in Healthy Humans with Low But Not with High Prepulse Inhibition Levels
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Reproductive events modify the effects of estrogen replacement therapy on cognition in healthy postmenopausal women
Review
2005
Review
2005
Nursing home executive directors' perception of oral care in long-term care facilities.
Oral health in long-term care (LTC) facilities has been repeatedly documented as less than ideal. The complex nature of this… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Changes in cognitive functioning following comprehensive treatment for first episode patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
ERP correlates of response inhibition to elemental and configural stimuli in a negative patterning task
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tower of Hanoi and WCST performance in schizophrenia: problem-solving capacity and clinical correlates.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Neuropsychological deficits among older depressed patients with predominantly psychological or vegetative symptoms.
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