Executive Functions in Health and Disease

Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., is an author, scientist, educator, and clinician, internationally renowned for his clinical work, research, writings and teaching in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine. Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology and Director of Luria Neuroscience Institute. A student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist Alexandr Luria, Elkhonon Goldberg has continued and advanced his scientific and clinical tradition.

• EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN HEALTH1. Prefrontal Executive Functions Predict and Preadapt2. The Cellular Mechanisms of Executive Functions and working memory: Relevance to Mental Disorders3. Gene expression in the Frontal Lobe4. A Functional Network Perspective on the Role of the Frontal Lobes in Executive Cognition5. Neural Network Models of Human Executive Function and Decision Making6. Crucial Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Conscious Perception7. Neurodevelopment of Executive Functions8. Executive Functions and Neurocognitive Aging 9. Assessment of Executive Functions in ResearchEXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN DISEASE10. Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Inflexibility and Perseveration in Neuropsychiatric Disease 11. Functional Neuroimaging of Deficits in Cognitive Control12. Executive function in striatal disorders13. Neurodevelopmental disorders and the frontal lobes14. Executive control and emerging behavior in youth with Tourette’s Syndrome15. Inside the Triple-Decker: Tourette’s Syndrome and Cerebral Hemispheres16. Executive Dysfunction in Addiction17. Seizures of the Frontal Lobes: Clinical Presentations and Diagnostic Considerations18. Executive Functions after Traumatic Brain Injury: From Deficit to Recovery19. Dementias and the Frontal Lobes20. Executive Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder21. Executive Dysfunction in Medical Conditions22. Assessment of Executive Functions in Clinical Settings