EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH): OVERVIEW OF MODERN VIEWS

Author(s):  
Елена Владимировна Ординарцева ◽  
Алексей Анатольевич Сергиенко

В статье рассматриваются современные представления о произвольной деятельности и «исполнительных» функциях. Анализируются основные положения теории деятельности, подходы к изучению произвольной деятельности, а также понятие и роль «исполнительных» функций. Дается нейропсихологический анализ формирования исполни-тельных функций в онтогенезе. The article discusses modern ideas about voluntary activity and “executive” functions. The basic principles of the theory of activity, approaches to the study of voluntary activity, as well as the concept and role of “executive” functions are analyzed. A neuropsychological analysis of the executive functions’ formation in ontogenesis is given.

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison L. Stafford ◽  
Kelly B. Cartwright ◽  
Laura E. Umberger ◽  
Amanda B. Lane ◽  
Megan E. Wittusen
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2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Khrennikov

AbstractWe present a quantum mechanical (QM) analysis of Bell’s approach to quantum foundations based on his hidden-variable model. We claim and try to justify that the Bell model contradicts to the Heinsenberg’s uncertainty and Bohr’s complementarity principles. The aim of this note is to point to the physical seed of the aforementioned principles. This is the Bohr’s quantum postulate: the existence of indivisible quantum of action given by the Planck constant h. By contradicting these basic principles of QM, Bell’s model implies rejection of this postulate as well. Thus, this hidden-variable model contradicts not only the QM-formalism, but also the fundamental feature of the quantum world discovered by Planck.


Author(s):  
Alicja Niedźwiecka

AbstractEye contact is a crucial aspect of social interactions that may enhance an individual’s cognitive performance (i.e. the eye contact effect) or hinder it (i.e. face-to-face interference effect). In this paper, I focus on the influence of eye contact on cognitive performance in tasks engaging executive functions. I present a hypothesis as to why some individuals benefit from eye contact while others do not. I propose that the relations between eye contact and executive functioning are modulated by an individual’s autonomic regulation and reactivity and self-regulation of attention. In particular, I propose that individuals with more optimal autonomic regulation and reactivity, and more effective self-regulation of attention benefit from eye contact. Individuals who are less well regulated and over- or under-reactive and who do not employ effective strategies of self-regulation of attention may not benefit from eye contact and may perform better when eye contact is absent. I present some studies that justify the proposed hypothesis and point to a method that could be employed to test them. This approach could help to better understand the complex mechanisms underlying the individual differences in participant’s cognitive performance during tasks engaging executive functions.


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