Executive Functioning

Performing functional execution functions is the ability to use thinking to guide action (Doebel & Zelazo, 2013). This process is used to monitor and control thoughts and behaviors including attention regulation and reaction suppression (Carlson, Davis, & Leach, 2005). Execution functions develop early in childhood and change between 3 and 5 years (Doebel & Zelazo, 2013). Suppression management is an important element of the execution function and can suppress thinking processes and behaviors unrelated to the target (Carlson, Davis, & Leach, 2005).

Execution: Execution is the most complex cognitive function. There are various definitions of cognitive functions, but most cognitive functions include cognitive control and thought and behavior control through various related processes. It includes a variety of complex skills such as concentration, planning, programming, supervision, and verification of conscious behavior. Execution function is in the frontal lobe. According to Lezack, these functions are divided into a series of components.

The term "performing function" is used to mean a higher set of cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex and is used synonymously with the term "frontal function". The conceptualization of recent execution functions includes several subprocesses, not all implementations are supported independently by the frontal cortex. In particular, some of the execution processes may be maintained by a distributed cortical network rather than by a specific forehead region, which may or may not be associated with the frontal lobe. Execution function is self-monitoring of intention, plan, intentional action and action. It describes various high-level cognitive processes that allow flexible modification of thought and behavior depending on changing cognitive or environmental context. Execution of malfunctions may impair work memory and attention.