The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function

NP Friedman, TW Robbins - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

Integrating models of self-regulation

M Inzlicht, KM Werner, JL Briskin… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Self-regulation is a core aspect of human functioning that helps facilitate the successful
pursuit of personal goals. There has been a proliferation of theories and models describing …

Genetic variation, brain, and intelligence differences

IJ Deary, SR Cox, WD Hill - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Individual differences in human intelligence, as assessed using cognitive test scores, have a
well-replicated, hierarchical phenotypic covariance structure. They are substantially stable …

“Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated”: Behavior genetics in the postgenomic era

KP Harden - Annual review of psychology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Behavior genetics studies how genetic differences among people contribute to differences in
their psychology and behavior. Here, I describe how the conclusions and methods of …

A general dimension of genetic sharing across diverse cognitive traits inferred from molecular data

J de la Fuente, G Davies, AD Grotzinger… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
It has been known since 1904 that, in humans, diverse cognitive traits are positively
intercorrelated. This forms the basis for the general factor of intelligence (g). Here, we …

“Same but different”: Associations between multiple aspects of self-regulation, cognition, and academic abilities.

M Malanchini, LE Engelhardt… - Journal of Personality …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Self-regulation describes the ability to control both behaviors and internal states against a
backdrop of conflicting or distracting situations, drives, or impulses. In the cognitive …

Developmental transformations in the structure of executive functions

J Hartung, LE Engelhardt, ML Thibodeaux… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Comparisons of results from studies of executive function (EF) in early childhood to those of
EF in middle and late childhood suggest that individual differences in EFs may differentiate …

A unified cognitive/differential approach to human intelligence: Implications for IQ testing

K Kovacs, ARA Conway - Journal of Applied Research in Memory and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Individual differences have been mostly ignored in cognitive/experimental psychology since
the birth of the field, while the measurement of cognitive abilities has become a successful …

Genetic associations between executive functions and a general factor of psychopathology

KP Harden, LE Engelhardt, FD Mann… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Symptoms of psychopathology covary across diagnostic boundaries, and a family
history of elevated symptoms for a single psychiatric disorder places an individual at …

Assessment of executive function in ADHD adolescents: contribution of performance tests and rating scales

V Krieger, JA Amador-Campos - Child Neuropsychology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to analyze performance on measures of neuropsychological and
behavioral executive functions (EF) in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity …