Evidence of executive dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) across development remains mixed and establishing its role is critical for guiding diagnosis and intervention. The primary objectives of this meta-analysis is to analyse executive function (EF) performance in ASD, the fractionation across EF subdomains, the clinical utility of EF measures and the influence of multiple moderato...

BACKGROUND We have been investigating an ecologically valid strategy-training approach to enable adults with executive dysfunction to attain everyday life goals. Here, we report the protocol of a randomized controlled trial of the effects of this training compared to conventional therapy in a sample of community-dwelling adults with acquired brain injury and/or stroke. METHODS/DESIGN We will ...

Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis (TLE/HS) have a distinct neuropsychological profi le, but there is still debate on whether executive dysfunction is part of this profi le and also whether temporal lobe surgery can modify this dysfunction. Objective: To study the presence and reversibility of executive dysfunction in patients with unilateral TLE/HS. Methods: Twen...

CONTEXT Older patients with depression and executive dysfunction represent a population with significant disability and a high likelihood of failing pharmacotherapy. OBJECTIVES To examine whether problem-solving therapy (PST) reduces disability more than does supportive therapy (ST) in older patients with depression and executive dysfunction and whether this effect is mediated by improvement ...

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN AN INCARCERATED SAMPLE Abigail A. Bernett, M.A. Marquette University, 2012 Incarcerated adults in the United States represent a significant segment of the population, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in incarcerated populations has been identified as an area of public health concern. However, not much is known about it because research investi...

Results Performances ontests reflecting executive function andverbal memory (butnot attention) were significantlypoorer inthe bipolardisorder group.Sub-syndromalmood symptoms produced small cognitive effects, predominantlyonverbalmemory.Soft neurological signs, especially frontal signs, weremarked; somepatients showed marked social disability which correlated strongly with soft neurological sig...

Obesity has been linked to low cognitive performance throughout the human life span. Alterations relate attention, memory, language, and executive function. However, obesity-executive function association remains unclear in adolescents. This study presents a systematic review of alterations adolescents with obesity. A search equation was proposed (Executive dysfunction AND Adolescents), sixty s...