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Executive Function Genetics

Executive Function Genetics is a scientific framework that investigates the genetic underpinnings of cognitive control processes such as working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility, distinguishing itself from broader cognitive genetics by focusing specifically on the heritable mechanisms influencing executive functions.

235

Publications

17.4K

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1.6K

Authors

589

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

42

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Publications

235

Effect of COMT Val <sup>108/158</sup> Met genotype on frontal lobe function and risk for schizophrenia

Michael Egan, Terry E. Goldberg, Bhaskar Kolachana et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.

Naomi P. Friedman, Akira Miyake, Susan E. Young et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2008 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Executive Subprocesses in Working Memory

Terry E. Goldberg, Michael Egan, Tonya Gscheidle et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry · 2003 · 584 citations

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Mapping the genetic variation of executive attention onto brain activity

Jin Fan, John Fossella, Tobias Sommer et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 468 citations · Full text

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Assessing the molecular genetics of attention networks

John Fossella, Tobias Sommer, Jin Fan et al. · BMC Neuroscience · 2002 · 341 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. DR
    Daniel R. Weinberger

    National Institute of Mental Health, United States

    10 publications · 4.3K citations

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  2. KC
    Kim Cornish

    Monash University, Australia

    7 publications · 417 citations

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  3. NG
    Nicholas G. Martin

    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia

    6 publications · 227 citations

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  4. JH
    Joseph H. Callicott

    National Institute of Mental Health, United States

    6 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. NP
    Naomi P. Friedman

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    6 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

589

  1. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

    10 h-index

    61 publications

    31.5K citations

  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    45 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    8 h-index

    49 publications

    7.7K citations

  8. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    520 citations

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Venues

  1. Neuropsychopharmacology

    10 publications · 542 citations

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  2. Biological Psychiatry

    9 publications · 972 citations

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  3. Neuropsychologia

    9 publications · 653 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 243 citations

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  5. NeuroImage

    7 publications · 435 citations

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