Three components of Executive Function

Executive Function

在認知心理學文獻(Baddeley, 1996; Logan, 1985; Lyon & Krasnegor, 1996; Rabbitt,1997; Smith & Jonides, 1999)最常提到的三個執行功能成份分別是

(1)轉換(shifting)：在多個作業間轉換心向
(2)更新(updating)：監控新進訊息並適時地將老舊、無關的資訊替換成相關的新訊息
(3)抑制(Inhibition)：刻意抑制先前優勢、自動化的反應。

REFERENCES:

Baddeley, A. D. (1996). Exploring the central executive. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 49A, 5–28

Logan, G. D. (1985). Executive control of thought and action. Acta Psychologica, 60, 193-210.

Lyon, G. R., & Krasnegor, N. A. (Eds.). (1996). Attention, memory, and executive function. Baltimore: Brookes.

Rabbitt, P. (Ed.). (1997). Methodology of frontal and executive function. Hove, UK: Psychology Press

Smith, E. E.,& Jonides, J. (1999). Storage and executive processes in the frontal lobes. Science, 283, 1657–1661.