Executive functioning: we measure it, assess it, document its
development in youth, track its decline in age and use it as a
basis for diagnoses, treatment planning and-of course-theories.
Could it be possible that science has spent decades chasing a
cognitive phantom?
Noting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component
skills, and location within the brain, "The Myth of Executive
Functioning" calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly
used test methods, and even the phrase "executive" "functioning"
into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an
evolutionary/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive
organization, including memory, planning, decision-making and
adaptation to novel circumstances. From there, gaps are identified
between systems of cognitive control and those behaviors that are
evaluated in neuropsychological testing-gaps that contribute to the
disconnect between how science views mind and body, brain and
behavior. The author's problem-solving metaphor places new emphasis
on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and
thought as he offers thought-provoking perspectives on:
The limits of neuropsychological constructs.The components of
adaptive thinking.The automatic aspects of problem solving.The
left-brain/right-brain dichotomy.Problems with the domain approach
to cognition.New paradigms for testing cognitive functioning.
A controversial presentation with the potential to change
clinical practice and training, "The Myth of Executive Functioning"
will be read, debated and learned from by neuropsychologists,
clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, cognitive neuroscientists
and rehabilitation specialists.
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