Executive functions : what they are, how they work, and why they evolved / Russell A. Barkley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barkley, Russell A., 1949-

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive Function--physiology.

Neuropsychological Tests.

Neuropsychological tests.

Medical Subjects:

Executive Function--physiology.

Neuropsychological Tests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Barkley (psychiatry and pediatrics, Medical U. of South Carolina) offers clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and other clinicians working with children, adolescents, and adults, a volume outlining a model of executive functioning. He critiques the limitations of current views, including the lack of consensus and operational definitions, problems with assessment, the lack of a coherent theory, and the question of why humans developed executive functioning, then draws on the concept of the extended phenotype to illustrate a conceptualization of executive functioning as an evolutionary adaptation. He outlines an extended phenotype model and its hierarchical levels (instrumental-self-directed, methodological-self-reliant, tactical-reciprocal, and strategic-cooperative) and how they affect behavior, daily functioning, social relations, and other areas. He examines each level and the related actions, including problem solving, self-restraint, self-motivation, reciprocity, and self-regulation, and how this theory aids in a better understanding of why deficits occur, how they can be measured, and implications for intervention. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Problems with the concept of executive functioning

The extended phenotype : a foundation for modeling executive functioning

Executive functioning as an extended phenotype

The instrumental-self-directed level

The methodical-self-reliant level

The tactical-reciprocal level

The strategic-cooperative level

The extended utilitarian zone

Implications for understanding executive functioning and its disorders

Implications for the assessment and clinical management of deficits in executive functioning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Barkley, Russell A., 1949- Executive functions.

ISBN:

9781462505364

1462505368

Publisher Number:

99954771884

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