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Executive Function Models

Executive Function Models is a theoretical framework in cognitive modeling that specifies the organization and operation of higher-order cognitive control processes—such as inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility—distinguishing it from other cognitive architectures by its focus on goal-directed behavior regulation and task management.

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The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis

Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman, Michael J. Emerson et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 2000 · 15.5K citations

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The Nature and Organization of Individual Differences in Executive Functions

Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2012 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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Specific impairments of planning

T Shallice · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1982 · 3.7K citations

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Exploring the Central Executive

Alan Baddeley · The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A · 1996 · 2.3K citations

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Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

Matthew C. Davidson, Dima Amso, Loren Cruess Anderson et al. · Neuropsychologia · 2006 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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    Clancy Blair

    New York University, United States

    21 publications · 3.3K citations

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    Philip David Zelazo

    University of Toronto, Canada

    20 publications · 4K citations

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    Stephanie M. Carlson

    University of Minnesota, United States

    15 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Michael T. Willoughby

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Claire Hughes

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 2.1K citations

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  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    25 h-index

    47 publications

    6.1K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    59 publications

    8.2K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    21 h-index

    37 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    21 h-index

    66 publications

    22.7K citations

  5. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    20 h-index

    59 publications

    30.7K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    20 h-index

    44 publications

    7.1K citations

  7. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    19 h-index

    58 publications

    7.3K citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    18 h-index

    30 publications

    4K citations

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    40 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 32 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Neuropsychology

    26 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Child Neuropsychology

    22 publications · 6.6K citations

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