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This paper intends to clarify the complexity of the concept of Executive Functions and to show its relationships with cognitive, emotional and awareness dimensions. In this sense, Executive Functions cannot be considered precondictions of normal physiological functioning, when they are undamaged or, on the contrary, the cause of pathological phenomena, when they are in deficit. Although the small size of our sample does not allow us to explore completely this hypothesis, our data show that there is probably no direct relationship between Executive Functions deficiencies and psychopathological manifestations. In the light of these empirical evidences and theoretical implications, it is plausible to move from a linear interpretative model to a circular explanatory hypothesis.
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Sperandeo, R., Maldonato, M., Moretto, E., Dell’Orco, S. (2019). Executive Functions and Personality from a Systemic-Ecological Perspective. In: Klempous, R., Nikodem, J., Baranyi, P. (eds) Cognitive Infocommunications, Theory and Applications. Topics in Intelligent Engineering and Informatics, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95996-2_4
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