The purpose of this review is to extend the existing application of the frontal lobe hypothesis
of cognitive aging beyond the limited work on inhibitory control (FN Dempster, 1992) to …

Recent experimental studies involving total sleep loss, sleep reduction and clinically related
sleep fragmentation report impaired performance on tasks of frontal lobe or executive …

Attention Restoration Theory suggests that contact with nature supports attentional
functioning, and a number of studies have found contact with everyday nature to be related …

Considerable evidence suggests that exposure to “green” environments can enhance
human effectiveness and make life's demands seem manageable. Does this phenomenon …

The performance of developmentally dyslexic children and adults was studied upon a range
of tasks that involved executive functioning. Both adult and child samples of dyslexics were …

How independent are different cognitive skills during development? Is the modularity seen
in the studies of adult neuropsychology disorders mirrored by modularity in development …

In the twenty-first-century world of juvenile justice policy and practice, nearly everyone
agrees that one of the most pressing issues facing the nation's juvenile courts is their proper …

Numerous studies have implicated the role of the prefrontal cortex in the expression of
aggressive behavior. However, the nature of this relationship remains poorly understood. As …

Alcohol produces both stimulant and sedating effects in humans. These two seemingly
opposite effects are central to the understanding of much of the literature on alcohol use and …

This paper reviews the literature concerning executive control impairments in degenerative
dementias. The construct of executive control functioning is examined, as is the …