Open AccessExecutive Functions: Definition, Contexts and Neuropsychological Profiles
Author(s) -
Giulio Perrotta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience and neurological surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2578-8868
DOI - 10.31579/2578-8868/058
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , executive functions , psychopathology , psychology , cognitive psychology , pathological , object (grammar) , point (geometry) , neuropsychological assessment , cognition , cognitive science , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , pathology , geometry , mathematics
Starting from the concept of "executive functions", we proceeded to describe the object under examination in a more complete and functional way, and their possible role in neuropsychology and developmental psychopathology. The use of statistical methods and clinical observation have allowed us to emphasize the understanding of the multicomponential structure of the processes themselves. Paying particular attention to the psychopathological contents listed in the DSM-V psychiatric manual, the main pathological forms were then analyzed to better contextualize the present discussion, also from a psychotherapeutic point of view, with the preferential choice of the strategic approach for the management of pathological disorders related to the deficit of executive functions