The aging of the executive functions: a historical review from the cognitive psychology standpoint
March 9, 2025
Abstract This essay explores the concept of executive functions, diving in the historical review of early case studies that point towards the direction of brain anatomy, their main theoretical foundations, and analyzing the current model that includes inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, working memory as core executive functions and planning among the higher order ones. Studies on changes of executive functions during aging are presented, with chronological order, commenting also on the theoretical models used on each of them, as well as their results. ...