Specifically, the executive pathway involves a dysregulation of thought and action that is primarily characterized by a core deficit in inhibitory control [ 11].
Where were the failures in checks and balances that a team of television executives that thought that this content was appropriate to market to Oxygen Media's young, female audience?
Even if we don't know all the details, we can be sure that investment bankers and insurance executives are now giving plenty of thought to deals, if they were not already.
Executive functions occupy the higher levels of thought: reasoning, planning, directing attention to information that is relevant (and away from stimuli that aren't), and thinking about what to do rather than acting on impulse or instinct.
There are two schools of thought among analysts and Hollywood executives as to why Mr. Jobs is biding his time.
Studies by Rasquin et al 12 suggested that hypertension leads to damage of some cognitive function domains, including speed of thought, spatial orientation abilities, and, especially, executive function.
For weeks, Joseph F. Berardino, the chief executive of Arthur Andersen, had struggled with thoughts of resigning.
Following the general line of thought a correlation between negative symptoms and executive – or so called frontal lobe - impairments would have been expected, since negative symptoms are assumed to be a consequence of frontal lobe impairment [ 68].
Executive functions (EF; higher-order cognitive functions, related to the control of thought, action and emotion) are essential to cope with the challenges of everyday life and school.
Stephen Riggio, chief executive of Barnes & Noble, echoed the thought.
The chief executive of Birmingham City Council, Stephen Hughes, liked the thought experiment.
