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executive functions  

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  • "a collection of top-down control processes used when going on automatic or relying on instinct or intuition would be ill-advised, insufficient, or impossible" (Diamond, 2013, p. 136).

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  • • Collette, F., & Angel, L. (2015). Mémoire et fonctions exécutives : nouvelles pistes de recherche. Biologie Aujourd’hui, 209(3), 287-294. https://doi.org/10.1051/jbio/2015027

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]
  • • Diamond, A. (2013). Executive functions. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 135–168. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143750

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Dias, N. M., Helsdingen, I. E., Lins, E. K. R. M. D., Etcheverria, C. E., Dechen, V. D. A., Steffen, L., Cardoso, C. D. O., & Lopes, F. M. (2024). Executive functions beyond the “Holy Trinity”: A scoping review. Neuropsychology, 38(2), 107–125. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000922

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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