Browsing by Subject "executive function"
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(2006-04-17)Department: PsychologyThe Tower of Hanoi (TOH) is a classic problem solving task. Over the past twenty years, it has found new applications in domains of cognition such as executive function, in special populations such as patients with frontal ...
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(2015-05-26)Department: PsychologyIdentifying cognitive and emotional risk factors that contribute to the onset, maintenance, and recurrence of depression is crucial for developing interventions for treatment and prevention. Poor executive function skills ...
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(2023-05)Understanding the academic and cognitive factors that contribute to the development of early mathematical knowledge and skills is crucial for effective assessment and intervention. However, these factors are often studied ...
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(2016-12-08)Department: PsychologyExecutive function (EF) skills are correlated with school readiness and academic achievement (i.e. Blair & Razza, 2007; Best, Miller, Naglieri, 2011; Lan, Legare, Ponitz, Li, & Morrison, 2011); however, less is known about ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017)The present study examined the concurrent associations among executive functioning, coping, maternal depression history, and depressive symptoms in adolescents. The sample included 82 adolescents between the ages of 12 and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2015-03-30)While new treatments have increased the survival rate of pediatric patients with brain tumors, they have also left this population with many adverse cognitive, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Prior research provides ...
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(2023-06-01)Department: PsychologyElucidating disorder- and domain-specific deficits within psychiatric and medically ill populations is a primary focus in the field of neuropsychology. Comparing overlapping and distinct patterns of cognitive functioning ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017-04-26)How do toddlers’ executive function skills relate to abilities to use familiar tools in unfamiliar ways? What method might encourage infants to employ executive function skills to override their prepotent, or automatic, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)In this capstone paper, I explore the difficulties students with LD and ADHD have in utilizing metacognitive strategies while learning. To help in this area, I look specifically at self-regulation, a concept closely connected ...
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(2013-04-08)Department: Teaching and LearningSelf-regulation is increasingly recognized as a key component of early school readiness. Self-regulatory skills, like paying attention, ignoring distractions, following directions, and persisting on difficult tasks, are ...
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(2013-07-23)Department: PsychologyChildren exposed to chronic stress, including the stress associated with parental depression, have been found to have impairment in their ability to coping with such stress. Chronic stress leads to damage to the prefrontal ...
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(2016-05-27)Department: PsychologyRecent research has linked sleep disturbance with anxiety-related symptoms and disorders. However, limited research has attempted to delineate specific mechanisms that may account for this relationship, and the extent to ...
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(2005-12-05)Department: PsychologyOne very striking feature of high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is the severity of their social impairment despite average or above average intelligence and good outcome in academics. Although ...