The unity and diversity of executive functions and their contributions to complex “frontal lobe” tasks: a latent variable analysis.

This individual differences study examined the separability of three often postulated executive functions—mental set shifting (“Shifting”), information updating and monitoring (“Updating”), and inhibition of prepotent responses (“Inhibition”)—and their roles in complex “frontal lobe” or “executive”...

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Published in:	Cognitive Psychology Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 49 - 101
Main Authors:	Miyake, Akira, Friedman, Naomi P., Emerson, Michael J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. August 2000
Subjects:	Cognition Frontal lobe Latent variables Individual differences
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost