The phrase "a dysfunction of the executive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing issues related to executive functions, often in psychology or organizational behavior.
Example: "The team struggled to meet deadlines due to a dysfunction of the executive, leading to poor decision-making and lack of direction."
Alternatives: "an impairment of the executive" or "a malfunction of the executive".
The available evidence allows us to hypothesize that Parkinson's disease patients have difficulty making deceptive responses due to dysfunction of the prefrontal executive system, and that this is the reason why they seem to be relatively honest compared with healthy individuals.
Summarizing, our results elucidate the role of the DTNBP1 gene in the development of a specific dysfunction of the neural network underlying executive control of attention.
The working hypothesis for this study was that these disorders are associated with a cognitive alteration of control processes that manifests as non-routine behavior because of the dysfunction of a general executive component known as the supervisory attentional system (SAS).
PM component impairment was related to the dysfunction of a specific executive control processes (i.e. planning).
The test is a sensitive measure of executive dysfunction of the frontal lobe [ 43].
In schizophrenia, deficits in executive control as well as dysfunction of the left prefrontal cortex and ACC are frequently reported findings [ 7, 68- 71].
Some properties of the model are explored using lesion studies, leading to the identification of a correspondence between the behavioural pathologies of the simulated robot and those seen in human patients suffering dysfunction of executive attention.
Recent models suggest that the core symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), namely inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, could result from dysfunction of two neurodevelopmental pathways: the executive and motivational pathways [ 1].
In PD-D patients, approximately 82.4% (159 patients) had visuospatial dysfunction; the frequencies of executive dysfunction, memory impairment, and attention impairment were 70.0%, 67.4%, and 53.4%, respectively (Table 4).
In effect, one cognitive account of autism is the executive dysfunction theory that assumes how the presence of frontal lobe pathology leads to, among other symptoms, perseveration and an inability to shift attention [ 47].
