Neurodiversity: Executive Function

Executive Function Defined

The executive functions are a set of processes that all have to do with managing oneself and one's resources in order to achieve a goal. It is an umbrella term for the neurologically-based skills involving mental control and self-regulation.

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Guidelines on Executive Function

8 Ways to Strengthen Your Teen's Executive Function Skills, ADDitude
Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence, Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University
Children’s Executive Function Skills, Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Executive Function & Self-Regulation, Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University
GUIDELINE 6, Provide options for Executive Functions

Current Research on Executive Function, 10/22/24

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1.	Cognitive and physical impact of combined exercise and cognitive intervention in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Yi Q, Liu Z, Zhong F, Selvanayagam VS, Cheong JPG. PLoS One. 2024 Oct 3;19(10):e0308466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308466. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39361605 Free PMC article.
2.	Executive functions and functioning in women with fibromyalgia. Mendonça BTV, Machado V, Silva GG, Dias NM. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2024 Sep;82(9):1-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1790577. Epub 2024 Sep 24. PMID: 39317225 English.
3.	Mild cognitive impairment prediction based on multi-stream convolutional neural networks. Lee CC, Chau HH, Wang HL, Chuang YF, Chau Y. BMC Bioinformatics. 2024 Sep 12;22(Suppl 5):638. doi: 10.1186/s12859-024-05911-6. PMID: 39266977 Free PMC article.
4.	Ecological Momentary Intervention to Replace Sedentary Time With Physical Activity to Improve Executive Function in Midlife and Older Latino Adults: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Bronas UG, Marquez DX, Fritschi C, Petrarca K, Kitsiou S, Ajilore O, Tintle N. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Sep 5;26:e55079. doi: 10.2196/55079. PMID: 39235836 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
5.	Frontal brain volume correlates of impaired executive function in schizophrenia. Alkan E, Kumari V, Evans SL. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Oct;178:397-404. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.08.018. Epub 2024 Aug 14. PMID: 39216276
6.	Maternal emotional availability and perinatal depressive symptoms as predictors of early childhood executive function. Power J, Watson S, Chen W, Lewis AJ, van IJzendoorn MH, Galbally M. J Affect Disord. 2024 Nov 15;365:332-340. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.044. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39178959
7.	Physical education consumption and executive function among older empty nesters in urban community: A double mediation effects. Wang H, Huo M, Zhao Y, He J, He J. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2024 Sep;249:104464. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104464. Epub 2024 Aug 21. PMID: 39173345
8.	Everyday executive function issues from the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents: Theoretical and empirical implications. Kenny L, Remington A, Pellicano E. Autism. 2024 Sep;28(9):2204-2217. doi: 10.1177/13623613231224093. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38240286 Free PMC article.

Current Research on Executive Function, 7/3/24

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1.	Discrete Relationships between Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics and Domain-Specific Neuropsychological Performance in Midlife. Morrison L, Dyer AH, Dolphin H, Killane I, Bourke NM, Widdowson M, Woods CP, Gibney J, Reilly RB, Kennelly SP. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Jun 17;24(12):3903. doi: 10.3390/s24123903. PMID: 38931687 Free PMC article.
2.	Associations of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors with cognitive functions - a prospective, population-based, 17 years follow-up study of 3,229 individuals. Glans I, Nägga K, Gustavsson AM, Stomrud E, Nilsson PM, Melander O, Hansson O, Palmqvist S. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Jun 26;16(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01497-6. PMID: 38926747 Free PMC article.
3.	Episodic memory network characteristics in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment accompanied by executive function impairment. Wang C, Cheng R, Yang W, Qiu L, Liu H; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Brain Behav. 2024 Jun;14(6):e3601. doi: 10.1002/brb3.3601. PMID: 38898628 Free PMC article.
4.	Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and executive functions at school age: Results from a combined cohort study. Ni Y, Szpiro AA, Loftus CT, Workman T, Sullivan A, Wallace ER, Riederer AM, Day DB, Murphy LE, Nguyen RHN, Sathyanarayana S, Barrett ES, Zhao Q, Enquobahrie DA, Simpson C, Ahmad SI, Arizaga JA, Collett BR, Derefinko KJ, Kannan K, Bush NR, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Jul;260:114407. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114407. Epub 2024 Jun 15. PMID: 38879913
5.	Effects of resistance exercise and whey protein supplementation on cognitive function in older men: secondary analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Griffen C, Cullen T, Hattersley J, Weickert MO, Dallaway A, Duncan M, Renshaw D. Exp Gerontol. 2024 Aug;193:112477. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112477. Epub 2024 Jun 6. PMID: 38844183 Clinical Trial.
6.	Executive functioning, ADHD symptoms and resting state functional connectivity in children with perinatal stroke. Meghji S, Hilderley AJ, Murias K, Brooks BL, Andersen J, Fehlings D, Dlamini N, Kirton A, Carlson HL. Brain Imaging Behav. 2024 Apr;18(2):263-278. doi: 10.1007/s11682-023-00827-w. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 38038867 Free PMC article.

Executive Function, Research from PubMed, 2/6/2024

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1.	Profiles of executive functioning following traumatic brain injury and stroke using the assessment of participation and executive functions: combined cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. Eliav R, Hason S, Kizony R. J Rehabil Med. 2024 Jan 18;56:jrm12427. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v56.12427. PMID: 38235968 Free PMC article.
2.	Sex, executive function, and prospective memory regulate the chain-mediation pathway of alcohol use and impulsivity. Duan F, Xia L, Li J, Li X, Zhou Y, Luo H, Wang Z, Song X, Wang J, Chen J, Wang Y, Zhang J, Zhang X, Jiao D. Front Public Health. 2023 Dec 20;11:1292422. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1292422. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38174071 Free PMC article.
3.	A new perspective for evaluating the efficacy of tACS and tDCS in improving executive functions: A combined tES and fNIRS study. Lu H, Zhang Y, Qiu H, Zhang Z, Tan X, Huang P, Zhang M, Miao D, Zhu X. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Jan;45(1):e26559. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26559. Epub 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38083976 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
4.	The role of executive functions in mediating the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms and hyperfocus in university students. Garcia Pimenta M, Gruhnert RK, Fuermaier ABM, Groen Y. Res Dev Disabil. 2024 Jan;144:104639. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104639. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38039699
5.	Associations between physical exercise type, fluid intelligence, executive function, and processing speed in the oldest-old (85 +). Ho BD, Gullett JM, Anton S, Franchetti MK, Bharadwaj PK, Raichlen DA, Alexander GE, Rundek T, Levin B, Visscher K, Woods AJ, Cohen RA. Geroscience. 2024 Feb;46(1):491-503. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00885-4. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37523033 Free PMC article.
6.	Mild exercise improves executive function with increasing neural efficiency in the prefrontal cortex of older adults. Byun K, Hyodo K, Suwabe K, Fukuie T, Ha MS, Damrongthai C, Kuwamizu R, Koizumi H, Yassa MA, Soya H. Geroscience. 2024 Feb;46(1):309-325. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00816-3. Epub 2023 Jun 15. PMID: 37318716 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

Executive Function, Research from PubMed, 1/4/2024

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1.	Exploratory study of the prevalence of food addiction and its relationship with executive functioning, depression, and reinforcement sensitivity in a sample of Mexican adults. Téllez-Rodríguez MA, Amaya-Hernández A, Ortega-Luyando M, Serrano-Juárez CA, Yáñez-Téllez G, López-Alonso VE, Mancilla-Diaz JM, Escartín-Pérez RE. Front Public Health. 2023 Dec 1;11:1277681. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1277681. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38106896 Free PMC article.
2.	Physical activity on executive function in sedentary individuals: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Tian S, Liang Z, Qiu F, Wang X. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 7;18(12):e0294251. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294251. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38060501 Free PMC article.
3.	Age-related, multivariate associations between white matter microstructure and behavioral performance in three executive function domains. Anderson J, Calhoun VD, Pearlson GD, Hawkins KA, Stevens MC. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Dec;64:101318. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101318. Epub 2023 Oct 21. PMID: 37875033 Free PMC article.
4.	Adding executive function training to cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Eichen DM, Strong DR, Twamley EW, Boutelle KN. Eat Behav. 2023 Dec;51:101806. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101806. Epub 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 37660487 Clinical Trial.