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

Author(s) : Russell A. Barkley

Book Details

Publisher : Guilford Press
Published : December 2020
Cover : Paperback
Pages : 244
Category :
Clinical Psychology
Category 2 :
Neuroscience
Catalogue No : 95479
ISBN 13 : 9781462545933
ISBN 10 : 1462545939

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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.

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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 275 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. He is also the editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. He has received awards for his career contributions to research, clinical practice, and the dissemination of science from the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA Division 53), and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology.

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