About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 189. Chapters: Executive dysfunction, Executive functions, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Theory of mind, Cognitive neuroscience of music, Fuzzy-trace theory, List of cognitive biases, Mirror neuron, Critical period hypothesis, Linguistics, Eye tracking, Functionalism (philosophy of mind), Analogy, Physicalism, Nervous system network models, Knowledge management, Visual modularity, Retrieval-induced forgetting, MOGUL framework, Pandemonium architecture, Learning, Cocktail party effect, BELBIC, Battle command knowledge system, Spatial contextual awareness, Category utility, Where Mathematics Comes From, Cognitive semantics, Dynamic awareness theory, Social cognition, Primary consciousness, Einstellung effect, Malleability of intelligence, Meta-emotion, Generative science, Metacognition, Isolation tank, Decision field theory, Conceptual metaphor, Language module, Action selection, Iconicity, Connectionism, Sensory deprivation, Cognitive neuroscience of dreams, Eye movements in reading, Construction grammar, Modularity of mind, Functional fixedness. Excerpt: In psychology and neuroscience, executive dysfunction, or executive function deficit is a disruption to the efficacy of the executive functions, which is a group of cognitive processes that regulate, control, and manage other cognitive processes. Executive dysfunction can refer to both neurocognitive deficits and behavioural symptoms. It is implicated in numerous psychopathologies and mental disorders, as well as short-term and long-term changes in non-clinical executive control.Executive dysfunction is not the same as dysexecutive syndrome, a term coined by Alan Baddeley to describe a common pattern of dysfunction in executive functions, such as deficiencies in planning, abstract thinking, flexibility and behavioural control. This group of symptoms, usually resulting...
