The central executive: A concept and some misconceptions

被引:159
作者
Baddeley, A [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Expt Psychol, Bristol BS8 1TN, Avon, England
关键词
working memory; central executive; frontal lobe syndrome; dysexecutive syndrome;
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10.1017/S135561779800513X
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Parkin's criticisms of the central executive are based on a series of misconceptions. The central executive is not an organ that might or might not exist, but a scientific concept. Part of its function is to separate the analysis of executive processes from the question of their anatomical location. Like other components of working memory, it is fractionable into subsystems. How the subsystems interrelate and how they map onto the anatomical substrate are empirical questions under active current investigation.
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