Psychology & Neuroscience, 2010, 3, 2, 189 - 194
DOI: 10.
3922/j.
psns.
2010.
2.
008
PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROSCIENCE
Hayling Test – adult version: applicability in the assessment
of executive functions in children
Larissa de Sousa Siqueira,1
Lilian Cristine...
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Psychology & Neuroscience, 2010, 3, 2, 189 - 194
DOI: 10.
3922/j.
psns.
2010.
2.
008
PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROSCIENCE
Hayling Test – adult version: applicability in the assessment
of executive functions in children
Larissa de Sousa Siqueira,1
Lilian Cristine Scherer,1
Caroline Tozzi Reppold2
and Rochele Paz Fonseca1, 3
1- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2-Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
3- Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract
Childhood neuropsychology is a growing scientific area in Brazil.
Regarding cognitive function in infancy, executive function
(EF) has been the main focus of several studies because of its importance for and complexity in human cognition and behavior.
Executive functions can be considered a set of cognitive processes related to control and integration devoted to the execution
of goal-directed behaviors.
Research has shown that these abilities begin in inf
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