SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2019
The Relationship Between Executive Functions and Academic Performance in Primary Education: Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder
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Who cites it
143 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Academic Performance in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- A critical systematic review of the impact of sedentarism and physical inactivity on the cognitive performance of children.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Thinking and feeling matter: a second-order meta-analysis of student characteristics across developmental domains and their effect on academic outcomes.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Executive and attentional functioning interventions in preterm children: a systematic review.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Associations Between Motor Competence and Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Is there sufficient evidence for the association between executive dysfunction and academic performance in adolescents with major depressive disorder?: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Association of severe malaria with cognitive and behavioural outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Malaria journal · 2023Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the validity of the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task in predicting young children's academic performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Relationships between cognition and literacy in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health-A Participatory Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Strengthening Executive Function and Self-Regulation Through Teacher-Student Interaction in Preschool and Primary School Children: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Defining return-to-learn through an evidence-based systematic review.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Inhibitory Control Training Improves Cold but Not Warm Cognition in Typically Developing Preschoolers.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Trial
- Long term effects of physical activity types on executive functions in school aged children.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Attention and executive functioning in children and adolescents treated for high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG).Pediatric blood & cancer · 2024Trial
- Effects of Cognitive and Physical Load of Acute Exercise on Inhibitory Control and Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics in Children.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2024Trial
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- Cue-induced inhibitory control in forensic patients with alcohol use disorder: A link to criminal recidivism risk assessed by factor 2 psychopathy.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Children's Cognitive Abilities Moderate Parent/Teacher Agreement on Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Task-specific theta enhancement and domain-general alpha/beta suppression as oscillatory signatures of cognitive flexibility.Communications psychology · 2026Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to research the relationship between executive functions and academic performance in primary education (6-12 years). Based on 21 samples (
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