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Executive Dysfunction

Executive Dysfunction is a neurocognitive disorder characterized by impaired higher-order cognitive processes mediated by the prefrontal cortex, distinguished from other cognitive deficits by specific disruptions in goal-directed behavior, including deficits in planning, inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-monitoring.

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2017–2026

914

Variants

Executive Function Deficit

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Publications

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Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex

Antoine Bechara, António R. Damásio, Hanna Damásio et al. · Cognition · 1994 · 6.1K citations

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Long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly: ISPOCD1 study

Pjm Pierre Cluitmans, LS Rasmussen, P.J. Houx et al. · The Lancet · 1998 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Assessment and Development of Executive Function (EF) During Childhood

Peter J. Anderson · Child Neuropsychology · 2002 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Executive Function Deficits in High‐Functioning Autistic Individuals: Relationship to Theory of Mind

Sally Ozonoff, Bruce F. Pennington, Sally J. Rogers · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 1991 · 1.8K citations

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Differential behavioral effects in frontal lobe disease

Arthur L. Benton · Neuropsychologia · 1968 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

16.9K

  1. TW
    Trevor W. Robbins

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    33 publications · 6.3K citations

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  2. GS
    George S. Alexopoulos

    Cornell University, United States

    27 publications · 3.5K citations

    25

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  3. SV
    Stephen V. Faraone

    SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States

    25 publications · 3.4K citations

    24

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  4. JB
    Joseph Biederman

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    21 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. BJ
    Barbara J. Sahakian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 4.4K citations

    18

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Institutions

3.4K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    55 h-index

    323 publications

    35.7K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    53 h-index

    281 publications

    47.1K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    50 h-index

    261 publications

    22K citations

  4. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    46 h-index

    262 publications

    25.8K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    44 h-index

    209 publications

    15.2K citations

  6. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    42 h-index

    262 publications

    37.3K citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    255 publications

    17.8K citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    37 h-index

    143 publications

    12.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Neuropsychology

    111 publications · 10.9K citations

    60

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  2. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

    JINS · 119 publications · 8.5K citations

    56

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  3. Neuropsychologia

    87 publications · 13.8K citations

    55

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  4. Biological Psychiatry

    52 publications · 9.1K citations

    45

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  5. Psychological Medicine

    62 publications · 5.4K citations

    42

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