Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school by Mariana Callil Voos, Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte, Letícia Lessa Mansur, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle

“…Methods: A walking version of the Trail Making Test (Walking Executive Function Task, [WEFT]) was used. Eighty volunteers (40: 50–65 years; 40: 66–80 years) were subdivided into average (6–11years of education) and higher education (12–17 years). …”
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Side of Onset in Parkinson’s Disease and Alterations in Religiosity: Novel Behavioral Phenotypes by Paul M. Butler, Patrick McNamara, Raymon Durso

“…Results covaried with executive function measures. This suggests lateral cerebral specialization for ritual-based (left frontal) versus aesthetic-based (right frontal) religious cognition. …”
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Mental preparation of karateka for sports competition in kata by Paweł Adam Piepiora, Julia Barbara Jurczyk, Jolita Vveinhardt

“…Conversely, practicing tasks that induce a Stroop effect can improve executive function skills. The above elements of mental preparation for kata competitors are universally applicable to all competitors in this field, yet they are not the sole elements that may be employed. …”
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Mental Fatigue and Executive Dysfunction in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome in Remission by Eleni Papakokkinou, Birgitta Johansson, Peter Berglund, Oskar Ragnarsson

“…The secondary aim was to examine whether the newly developed parts C and D of the trail making test (TMT) are more sensitive, compared to the conventional parts A and B, to evaluate attention and executive function. This was a cross-sectional study including 51 patients with CS in remission and 51 controls. …”
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A Longitudinal Operant Assessment of Cognitive and Behavioural Changes in the HdhQ111 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. by Emma Yhnell, Stephen B Dunnett, Simon P Brooks

“…Significant deficits were observed in HdhQ111 animals in comparison to wild type animals in all operant tests indicating altered cognition (attentional and executive function) and motivation. However, the cognitive and behavioural deficits observed were not shown to be progressive over time in the longitudinal testing paradigm that was utilised. …”
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Standardised Neuropsychological Assessment for the Selection of Patients Undergoing DBS for Parkinson’s Disease by Jennifer A. Foley, Tom Foltynie, Patricia Limousin, Lisa Cipolotti

“…Before DBS, patients with PD demonstrated frequent impairments in intellectual functioning, memory, attention, and executive function, as well as high rates of mood disorder. …”
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Longitudinal Improvement of Neurocognition after Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Depression by Tomosuke Nakano, Eishi Motomura, Toshiki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Kawano, Motohiro Okada

“…Interestingly, his verbal memory, motor speed, and executive function recovered 1 month after ECT, whereas his verbal fluency and attention scores recovered approx. 1 year after ECT. …”
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Emotional Lability as a Unique Presenting Sign of Suspected Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy by Shauna H. Yuan, Sonya G. Wang

“…Clinically, CTE is more commonly known to be associated with memory impairment and executive function disorder (Stern et al., 2013). However, here, we present two unique cases of prior professional football players where behavioral changes were the first identifying factors in clinical presentation and discuss possible neuroimaging options to help with CTE diagnosis. …”
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From Control to Connection: A Child-Centred User Experience Approach to Promoting Digital Self-Regulation in Preschool-Aged Children by Dayoung Lee, Boram Lee

“…The proposed system integrates multiple psychological theories—including Piaget’s concept of animistic thinking, executive function theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy—to support cognitive and emotional regulation during screen use. …”
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Broadening horizons: 25 years of advancing cognitive development research through linguistic and cultural diversity by Sirada Rochanavibhata, Natsuki Atagi

“…This mini review will summarize recent research findings in sub-disciplines of cognitive development, including attention, perception, executive function, and language, that were made possible by including linguistically and culturally diverse populations. …”
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Decision making in frontotemporal dementia: neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessments by Shima Tavakolan Haghighi, Chiara Bertasini, Rozalda Picari, Giovanna Paolone

“…Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily affecting the frontal and temporal lobes, leading to significant impairments in executive function, social behavior, and emotional regulation. …”
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From behavioral synchrony to language and beyond by Katherine Eulau, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

“…In this paper, we review that research and suggest that these early neural couplings between adults and children lay the foundation for a broader cognitive system that includes attention, problem solving, and executive function skills. This review describes the role of behavioral synchrony in language development, asks what the relationship is between neural synchrony and language growth, and how neural synchrony may play a role in the development of a broader cognitive system founded in a socially-gated brain. …”
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Relationships Between First-Year Student Resilience and Academic Stress by David W. Nordstokke, Yvonne Hindes

“…Interventions such as cognitive training and mindfulness-based programs may strengthen students’ executive function difficulties, thereby improving their ability to cope with academic stress and foster resilience.…”
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Aerobic exercise, an effective intervention for cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke by Mingjin Zhu, Wenjun Chen, Jie Zhang

“…Preclinical and clinical studies demonstrate that aerobic exercise modalities such as gait training, cycling, and aquatic therapy enhance cognitive domains including memory, executive function, and attention, with optimal benefits observed at moderate-to-high intensity and a frequency of ≥3 sessions per week. …”
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Chemotherapy and cognitive function: comprehensive review on methotrexate‐induced chemobrain by Nadine C. Sabry, Haidy E. Michel, Esther T. Menze

“…The learning capacity, attention and executive function can also be influenced. The majority of the time, it manifests subtly and causes momentary, short-term effects. …”
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Correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Cohort of Adult Women in South Africa by Antonio G. Lentoor, Lezani Myburgh

“…Performance on subtest of attention, memory, constructive abstraction, and executive functions significantly and inversely correlated with BMI. …”
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Apathy and Reduced Speed of Processing Underlie Decline in Verbal Fluency following DBS by Jennifer A. Foley, Tom Foltynie, Ludvic Zrinzo, Jonathan A. Hyam, Patricia Limousin, Lisa Cipolotti

“…As expected, there was a marked decline in verbal fluency but also in a timed test of executive functions and two measures of speed of processing. …”
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THE EFFECT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN LADIES WITH DEMENTIA: LITERATURE REVIEW by Emeltriana Emilinda Aek Seran, Joni Haryanto, Elida Ulfiana

“…Virtual reality affects cognitive function where it can improve memory, attention, executive function and can increase the overall scale of the MoCA. …”
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Neurocognitive Complications after Ventricular Neuroendoscopy: A Systematic Review by Jehuda Soleman, Raphael Guzman

“…Most complications described are memory impairment, followed by psychiatric symptoms (psychosyndrome), cognitive impairment not further specified, declined executive function, and confusion. However, only in 20% of the series describing neurocognitive complications or outcome (n=40) was neurocognition assessed by a trained neuropsychologist in a systematic manner. …”
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Electrooculography Dataset for Objective Spatial Navigation Assessment in Healthy Participants by Mobina Zibandehpoor, Fatemeh Alizadehziri, Arash Abbasi Larki, Sobhan Teymouri, Mehdi Delrobaei

“…Abstract In the quest for understanding human executive function, eye movements represent a unique insight into how we process and comprehend our environment. …”
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