Although executive function typically declines with advancing years, "elderly people who have been athletic all their lives have much better executive function than sedentary people of the same age," Dr. Aamodt and Dr. Wang reported.
For example, in Dr Fan's and Dr Liberman's experiment the bilingual children had better executive function than the exposure ones, while all three groups had similar vocabularies, fluid intelligence (the ability to reason quickly and think abstractly) and non-verbal visual-spatial skills.
Post hoc analyses revealed that, with regard to teacher ratings, the CHEXI scores were significantly lower (i.e., showing better executive functioning) in Sweden and Spain compared to China and Iran.
Subjects on atypical AP treatment reported a better executive function pattern in terms of WCST performance than those on classical one.
Researchers have found that bilinguals have better executive function (control over attention and the planning of complex tasks).
In the control group, an unexpected negative relationship was found between executive function and radial diffusivity, in that increasing radial diffusivity was related to better executive function.
A higher number of correct answers in this time period indicated a better executive functions and processing speed.
The number of errors on each booklet was added and the total number of errors determined impairment with lower scores representing better executive function [ 40 ].
One exception is the study by Barkley and Fischer (2011), which showed that, among adults with ADHD, impairment in major life activities and occupational functioning were better predicted by ratings of executive functioning than by laboratory tests.
LRRK2 mutation-related PD demonstrates better attention and executive function than idiopathic PD, 21 and NMC may have different compensatory executive function.
