Executive functioning

Question 1

What brain regions are important for EF?

Answer 1

Prefrontal cortex, basal ganglia, working memory

Question 2

What are symptoms of the behavioural side of dysexecutive disorder?

Answer 2

Hyper/hypoactivity, stereotyped perseverative behaviour, social behaviour disorder

Question 3

What are symptoms of the cognitive side of dysexecutive disorder?

Answer 3

Problems in action initation, planning, sustained attention, set shifiting, rules/concept generation, set shifting, TOM

Question 4

Waar heeft frontal syndrome last van

Answer 4

WM memory problems (phonological loop en central executive) en episodisch geheugen

Question 5

OFC

Answer 5

emotion regulation

Question 6

Frontal pole

Answer 6

Megacognition

Question 7

mvPFC

Answer 7

Emotion

Question 8

dlPFC

Answer 8

sensory, cognitive

Question 9

Wat zijn de 3 anterior attentional processes van Stuss?

Answer 9

Energization, task setting en monitoring

Question 10

Welk hersendeel energization?

Answer 10

Superior medial

Question 11

Welk hersendeel task setting?

Answer 11

Left lateral

Question 12

Welk hersendeel monitoring?

Answer 12

Right lateral

Question 13

Name the principles of EF

Answer 13

• Function and structure are two different levels of explanation
• Small changes in executive task format can lead to big differences in results
• Variability and inconsistency between and within patients
  are common
• Executief systeem bevat subsystemen, daarom meerdere tests
• Meet executieve processen in in wilde variëteit daily life activitites
• Tests die naturalistic setting faken zijn handig
• Als ze geen tekorten hebben op EF testen, dan hoeft dit niet te betekenen dat ze geen probleem hebben.