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Executive function (EF) has come to be an umbrella term used for a diversity of hypothesized cognitive processes, including planning, working memory, attention, inhibition, self-monitoring, self-regulation, and initiation carried out by prefrontal areas of the frontal lobes.
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Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J.A., Princiotta, D., Otero, T.M. (2014). Introduction: A History of Executive Functioning as a Theoretical and Clinical Construct. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J. (eds) Handbook of Executive Functioning. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8106-5_1
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