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Executive functions are the abilities needed to control and to regulate organized behavior. They coordinate the execution of cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, language, and visual-spatial reasoning. They stand at the border between personality and cognition. People with executive dysfunctions have difficulty carrying out plans independently and successfully, interacting appropriately with other people, and controlling their emotions. Executive functions are associated with the frontal lobes, which have rich reciprocal connections with the posterior cortex (associated with many major cognitive functions), as well as with the limbic system (strongly associated with the emotions).
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Judd, T. (1999). Executive Functions. In: Neuropsychotherapy and Community Integration. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4775-4_11
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