Executive Functions in Psychiatric Disorders

• Main Author: Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira (auth)
• Other Authors: Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz (auth), Debora Marques de Miranda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; cognitive control; executive functions; working memory; decision-making; inhibitory control; cognitive flexibility; psychiatric disorders
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Executive Functions comprise a range of neuropsychological processes related to intentional behavior and cognitive control. There are several theoretical models defining and explaining the concept of Executive Functions. Most of these models consider that the term Executive Functions encompasses cog...