Executive Functions · What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved by Barkley, Russell A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Selected Works by Russell A. Barkley Title Page Copyright Page Dedication About the Author Acknowledgments Contents 1. Problems with the Concept of Executive Functioning

2. The Extended Phenotype: A Foundation for Modeling Executive Functioning

The Conventional View of the Phenotype An Extended Phenotype How Long Is the Reach of the Genes?: The Boundary of the Extended Phenotype The Role of Universal Darwinism in the Human Extended Phenotype Conclusions

3. Executive Functioning as an Extended Phenotype

A More Precise Definition of EF An Overview of the EF Extended Phenotype Eight Emerging Developmental Capacities Arising from EF The Pre-Executive Levels and Zones

4. The Instrumental–Self-Directed Level

EF in Six Self-Directed Acts The Importance of Time in EF/SR EF/SR Relies on a Limited Resource Pool Are All Self-Directed Actions EF? How Does EF Govern the Automatic Pre-Executive Level of Behavior? Viewing EF/SR as a System of Feedback Loops Evolutionary and Developmental Considerations Shifting Sources of Control of Human Behavior Conclusions

5. The Methodical–Self-Reliant Level

6. The Tactical–Reciprocal Level

Social Reciprocity as a Major Activity of the Extended EF Phenotype The Special Conditions Needed to Support Reciprocity EF, Reciprocity, and Economics Reciprocity, Morality, and Ethics Using Each Other for Mutual Self-Regulation The Role of Parenting and Culture in Reciprocity Implications for EF Tests Conclusions

7. The Strategic–Cooperative Level

8. The Extended Utilitarian Zone

Objective Means of Judging Extended EF Phenotypic Effects Conclusions

9. Implications for Understanding Executive Functioning and Its Disorders

The Problem of Defining EF The Problem of the Nature of EF: Incomplete Theories The Problem of “Why EF?” Conclusions

The Problem of How to Assess EF Implications for the Clinical Management of EF Deficits Conclusions

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