Getting the right grasp on executive function

Getting the right grasp on executive function

Executive Function (EF) refers to important socio-emotional and cognitive skills that are known to be highly correlated with both academic and life success. EF is a blanket term that is considered to include self-regulation, working memory, and planning. Recent studies have shown a relationship between EF and motor control. The emergence of motor control coincides with that of EF, hence underst...

Getting "function" right.

Getting a Grasp on Coordination.

Motor coordination is realized by the nervous system at different levels. Concepts about the coordination within a limb define the controlled parameter in cartesian or joint space, whereas concepts about the coordination between limbs stress the temporal control of schemas. Motor deficits of neurological patients point to the role of the different motor areas in motor coordination.

Limb Movement: Getting a Handle on Grasp

The mechanical complexity of the hand is indisputable, but there is increasing evidence that its control is simplified in many tasks around synergic groups of muscles that effectively decrease the number of controlled degrees of freedom.

Getting a grasp on working memory.

Without it, you couldn't understand this sentence, add up a restaurant tab in your head, or even find your way home. What you would lack in this fortunately improbable scenario is working memory, an erasable mental blackboard that allows you to hold briefly in your mind and manipulate the informationwhether it be words, menu prices, or a map of your surrounding -essential for comprehension, rea...