Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved

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Guilford Press, May 1, 2012 - Science - 244 pages

This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive theory of executive functioning (EF) with important clinical implications. Synthesizing cutting-edge neuropsychological and evolutionary research, Russell A. Barkley presents a model of EF that is rooted in meaningful activities of daily life. He describes how abilities such as emotion regulation, self-motivation, planning, and working memory enable people to pursue both personal and collective goals that are critical to survival. Key stages of EF development are identified and the far-reaching individual and social costs of EF deficits detailed. Barkley explains specific ways that his model may support much-needed advances in assessment and treatment.
See also Barkley's empirically based, ecologically valid assessment tools: "Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults)" and "Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale--Children and Adolescents (BDEFS-CA)."

 

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Contents

1Problems with the Concept of Executive Functioning
1
A Foundation for Modeling Executive Functioning
37
3Executive Functioning as an Extended Phenotype
60
4The InstrumentalSelfDirected Level
79
5The MethodicalSelfReliant Level
108
6The TacticalReciprocal Level
123
7The StrategicCooperative Level
143
8The Extended Utilitarian Zone
163
9Implications for Understanding Executive Functioning and Its Disorders
173
10Implications for Assessment and Clinical Management of Deficits in Executive Functioning
190
References
211
Index
233
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Russell A. Barkley
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Russell A. Barkley
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About the author (2012)

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Barkley has published numerous books and five assessment scales, plus more than 260 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. He is also the editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, he is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association, and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.

Bibliographic information

TitleExecutive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved
Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
AuthorRussell A. Barkley
Editionillustrated
PublisherGuilford Press, 2012
ISBN146250535X, 9781462505357
Length244 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Educational Psychology
Psychology / Neuropsychology
Psychology / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
Science / Cognitive Science
  
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