Long-Term Cognitive Outcomes of Esketamine Nasal Spray in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Preliminary Report by Matildes de Freitas Menezes Sobreiro, Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira, Vitor Breseghello Cavenaghi, Leandro Paulino da Costa, Bruno Pinatti Ferreira de Souza, Rachel Emy Straus Takahashi, Renato Vianna Marotta Starek, José Oliveira Siqueira, Renerio Fraguas

“…<b>Results</b>: Improvements in at least one test from T0 to T6 were found for attention, memory, and the executive functions of working memory, set-shifting, and inhibitory control. …”
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Multidomain Cognitive Tele-Neurorehabilitation Training in Long-Term Post-Stroke Patients: An RCT Study by Marianna Contrada, Gennarina Arabia, Martina Vatrano, Caterina Pucci, Isabel Mantia, Federica Scarfone, Giusi Torchia, Maria Quintieri, Antonio Cerasa, Loris Pignolo

“…Specific cognitive domains, including memory, praxis skills, executive functions, and speech therapy, were stimulated in the procedure. …”
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Relationship among the quality of cognitive abilities, depression symptoms, and various aspects of handgrip strength in the elderly by Jovanović Stevan S., Trajkov Marija T., Dopsaj Milivoj J., Arsić Slađana D., Milošević Radovan Lj., Stojanović-Jovanović Biljana N., Pavlović Dragan M.

“…The aim of this study was to determine if there were correlations between particular cognitive abilities (verbal ability, spatial ability, processing speed, memory, verbal fluency, divergent thinking, memory, attention, executive functions, conceptualization, orientation, computation), depression symptoms and different dynamometric parameters of muscle contraction, during handgrip (HG) of both hands, in the elderly population. …”
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Positive and Negative Affect Differentially Predict Individual Differences and Intra-Individual Changes in Daily Cognitive Failures in Younger and Older Adults by Ysabel A. Guevarra, Nadyanna M. Majeed, Eva M. Hisham, Andree Hartanto

“…(1) Background: Cognitive failures, including lapses in attention, memory, and executive functioning, can negatively affect daily performance and well-being. …”
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Digital Interventions for Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chen Wang, Min Liu

“…CACT showed superior efficacy on the MoCA (emphasizing executive functioning), while RAT had the highest efficacy in the MMSE (focusing on basic cognition), suggesting different domain-specific effects. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Robotic Hand Rehabilitation on Functional Recovery in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Loredana Raciti, Desiree Latella, Gianfranco Raciti, Chiara Sorbera, Mirjam Bonanno, Laura Ciatto, Giuseppe Andronaco, Angelo Quartarone, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…<b>Results:</b> RAT led to significant improvements in global cognition (MoCA, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and executive functioning (FAB, <i>p</i> = 0.0002) compared to CPT. …”
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Japi 2.0, a gaming platform to stimulate cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Jorge Gaete, Saray Ramírez, Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona, Valentina Romo, Natalia Ríos, Ricardo Araya

“…The importance of psychosocial skills acquired in early childhood, such as executive functions, inhibitory control, emotional regulation, and social problem-solving, in preventing mental disorders has been reported. …”
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Computerized cognitive training in cognitively healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effect modifiers. by Amit Lampit, Harry Hallock, Michael Valenzuela

“…No significant effects were found for executive functions and attention. Moderator analyses revealed that home-based administration was ineffective compared to group-based training, and that more than three training sessions per week was ineffective versus three or fewer. …”
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Cognitive «portrait» of children with mental retardation by T. S. Kaminskaya, L. G. Khachatryan, E. V. Kasanave, I. V. Kaminskiy

“…Less common are violations of executive functions (38%) and emotional sphere (14%). A detailed assessment, taking into account the etiopathogenetic factor of delay in psychoverbal development, revealed that patients with genetic pathology often have problems in the amount of voluntary attention, visuospatial memory, visuospatial perception and thinking. …”
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Designing a sensory, motor, and cognitive intervention program and assessing its effectiveness on the neuropsychological profile of children with high-functioning autism by azam Bahadiori, Saeed Rezaei, Parviz Sharifi Daramadi, Mohammad Asgari

“…Specifically, improvements have been observed in the processing speed component (P< 0.01), executive functions (P< 0.05), and memory (P< 0.05). These findings underscore the positive impact of the intervention, suggesting significant enhancements in crucial cognitive domains among children exhibiting high-functioning autism. …”
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A Single Session of tDCS Stimulation Can Modulate an EEG Microstate Associated With Anxiety in Patients With Depression by Keiichiro Nishida, Shota Minami, Tomonari Yamane, Satsuki Ueda, Banri Tsukuda, Shunichiro Ikeda, Daisuke Haruna, Masafumi Yoshimura, Tetsufumi Kanazawa, Thomas Koenig

“…Conclusion Microstate map D appears to be associated with psychiatric disorders and executive functions, whereas map C may relate to the salience network and mind‐wandering. …”
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A novel hypothesis on the relationship between maternal education and obesity in children; the mediating role of maternal and child self-control—ABIS a population-based cohort stud... by Pär Andersson White, Pär Andersson White, Johnny Ludvigsson, Johnny Ludvigsson, Michael P. Jones, Tomas Faresjö

“…However, future studies are needed to test the hypothesis described in this paper using additional measures of self-control and executive functions.…”
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Diagnóstico de doença de Alzheimer no Brasil: avaliação cognitiva e funcional. Recomendações do Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Bras... by Ricardo Nitrini, Paulo Caramelli, Cássio Machado de Campos Bottino, Benito Pereira Damasceno, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Renato Anghinah

“…For global cognitive evaluation, the Mini-Mental State Examination was recommended; for memory evaluation: delayed recall subtest of CERAD or of objects presented as drawings; attention: trail-making or digit-span; language: Boston naming, naming test from ADAS-Cog or NEUROPSI; executive functions: verbal fluency or clock-drawing; conceptualization and abstraction: similarities from CAMDEX or NEUROPSI; construction: drawings from CERAD. …”
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Stroke Severity, Caregiver Feedback, and Cognition in the REGARDS‐CARES Study by Jason A. Blake, D. Leann Long, Amy J. Knight, Burel R. Goodin, Michael Crowe, Suzanne E. Judd, J. David Rhodes, David L. Roth, Olivio J. Clay

“…Cognition was measured using a biennial telephone battery and included the domains of learning, memory, and executive functioning. Multiple cognitive assessments were analyzed up to 5 years poststroke, controlling for prestroke cognition and demographic variables of the stroke survivor. …”
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Los trastornos de la atención con o sin hiperactividad: una mirada teórica desde lo pedagógico / The attentional and educational disorders with or without hyperactivity: a theoreti... by Carmen María Cubero Venegas

“…This disorder is look from the explaining sense that allows the analysis of four of the major executive functions to the comprehension of the characteristics of this disorder: the work memory, the inner language development, the skills to self-regulation of the emotions and motivations and the problem solving skills. …”
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LEGO^®-Based Therapy in School Settings for Social Behavior Stimulation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparing Peer-Mediated and Expert Intervention by Luciana Oliveira Angelis, Fernanda Tebexreni Orsati, Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz Teixeira

“…The measures were the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (parent and teacher versions), the Inventory of Difficulties in Executive Functions, Regulation, and Aversion to Delay—Child Version, the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire, the Autism Behavior Checklist, and the Autistic Behavior Inventory. …”
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Investigation of gray matter volume in individuals with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Tianyi Yu, Qiuyun Bai, Yiting Guo, Yuchun Yuan

“…However, they maintained preserved systolic function and achieved lower scores on the MoCA, indicating deficits in visuospatial/executive functions, naming, attention, language, and memory. …”
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Acute Supplementation of Soluble Mango Leaf Extract (Zynamite^® S) Improves Mental Performance and Mood: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study by Yolanda Castellote-Caballero, Ana Beltrán-Arranz, Agustín Aibar-Almazán, María del Carmen Carcelén-Fraile, Yulieth Rivas-Campo, Laura López-Ríos, Tanausú Vega-Morales, Ana María González-Martín

“…Short- and long-term memory were evaluated using the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), executive functions with the Trail Making Test (TMT), processing speed with the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), and selective attention with the Stroop Color and Word Test. …”
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Differential involvement of neurotransmitter pathways in AD, bvFTD and MCI: Whole-brain MRI analysis by Ricardo Félix Morais, José Maria Sousa, Cemal Koba, Leon Andres, Tiago Jesus, Inês Baldeiras, Tiago Gil Oliveira, Isabel Santana

“…In AD, precuneus and inferior parietal lobules atrophy aligns with dopaminergic and GABAergic receptors, potentially impacting memory and executive functions. In bvFTD, medial orbitofrontal and temporal atrophy, is linked to mu-opioid receptor impairment, possibly contributing to behavioral symptoms. …”
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Bahir Dar Child Development Cross-Sectional Study, Ethiopia: study protocol by Alemayehu Worku, Yemane Berhane, Lian V Folger, Anne CC Lee, Krysten North, Nebiyou Fasil, Kalkidan Yibeltal, Fred Van Dyk, Firehiwot Workneh, Theresa I Chin, Sarah K G Jensen, Unmesha Roy Paladhi, Betelhem Haimanot Abate, Atsede Teklehaimanot, Tizita Lemma Melka, Moriah E Thomason, Terrie Inder, Patricia Ellen Grant

“…A battery of paper and tablet-based assessments of neurocognitive outcomes including visual and verbal reasoning, executive functions and school readiness will be completed for children aged 48–60 months. …”
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