The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis
2000/08/01 by Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman, Michael J. Emerson +4 · 15,652 citations
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Cognitive flexibility #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Confirmatory factor analysis #Developmental psychology #Executive functions #Frontal lobe #Latent inhibition #Latent variable #Machine learning #Mathematics #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Neuropsychology #Neuroscience #Psychology #Set (abstract data type) #Statistics #Structural equation modeling #Task switching #Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
paper · doi:10.1006/cogp.1999.0734
published in Cognitive Psychology 41(1), 49-100 (Elsevier BV)
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