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executive function: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

a set of control processes, chiefly shifting, updating and inhibition, that regulate thought and action.

In cognitive psychology, executive function refers to a set of control processes, chiefly shifting, updating and inhibition, that regulate thought and action. This meaning comes from Miyake (2000) in Cognitive Psychology.[1]

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References

Miyake, A., Friedman, N. P., Emerson, M. J., Witzki, A. H., Howerter, A., & Wager, T. D. (2000). The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis. Cognitive Psychology, 41(1), 49-100. https://doi.org/10.1006/cogp.1999.0734

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