Background: Executive function is considered as the capacity of the human brain including the capacity for organization, cognitive flexibility, planning, problem solving, and so on. Long-term use of opiates such as heroin and methadone is associated with a wide range of executive functions deficits. The purpose of this study was to compare cognitive-executive function and emotional symptoms of ...

Executive functions are self-regulated functions and show the ability to inhibition, self-changing, planning, organization, using the working memory, solving problems and targeting for homework and school activities. This study compares the executive functions of inhibition and problem solving in adolescents with and without substance abuse. In this causal-comparative study, 15 adolescents with...

Introduction: According to the adaptive characteristics of executive functions, the present study aimed to investigate and compare the relationship between executive functions with career adaptability and employability in students with and without attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder. Methods: The present study is a correlational study. Among students studying at Bojnourd University in t...

Background and Objectives: Academic performance and factors affecting it as one of the central and fundamental variables in education have always been the focus of researchers and psychologists. The aim of the current research was to determine the mediating role of self-concept in the relationship between executive functions and working memory capacity and the academic performance of the first-...

the concepts of similarity and dissimilarity have been the interest of many researchers. basically, in the studies the similarity between two objects or phenomena, has been discussed. in this thesis, we consider the case when the resemblance or similarity among three objects or phenomena of a set, 3-similarity in our terminology, is desired. later we will extend our definitions and propos...

Introduction: One of the main symptoms of children with autism spectrum is impairment disorder in executive functions and its components. This study investigated the effectiveness of working memory training on executive functions in children with high-function autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Materials and Methods: In a single-subject study with ABA design, five children with ASD, the age range ...