Part I - EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN HEALTH

Chapter 1 - Prefrontal Executive Functions Predict and Preadapt

Joaquín M. Fuster

Chapter 2 - The Cellular Mechanisms of Executive Functions and Working Memory: Relevance to Mental Disorders

Taber C. Lightbourne and Amy F. T. Arnsten

Chapter 3 - Gene Expression in the Frontal Lobe

Zeljka Krsnik and Goran Sedmak

Chapter 4 - A Functional Network Perspective on the Role of the Frontal Lobes in Executive Cognition

Adam Hampshire

Chapter 5 - Neural Network Models of Human Executive Function and Decision Making

Daniel S. Levine

Chapter 6 - Crucial Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Conscious Perception

Seth Lew and Hakwan Lau

Chapter 7 - Neurodevelopment of Executive Functions

Layne Kalbfleisch

Chapter 8 - Executive Functions and Neurocognitive Aging

R. Nathan Spreng, Leena Shoemaker, and Gary R. Turner

Chapter 9 - Assessment of Executive Functions in Research

Yana Suchy, Madison A. Niermeyer, and Rosemary E. Ziemnik

Part II - EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN DISEASE

Chapter 10 - Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Inflexibility and Perseveration in Neuropsychiatric Disease

Daniel Weisholtz, John F. Sullivan, Aaron P. Nelson, Kirk R. Daffner, and David A. Silbersweig

Chapter 11 - Functional Neuroimaging of Deficits in Cognitive Control

Melissa-Ann Mackie and Jin Fan

Chapter 12 - Executive Function in Striatal Disorders

João J. Cergueira and Nuno Sousa

Chapter 13 - Neurodevelopmental Disorders and the Frontal lobes

Masao Aihara

Chapter 14 - Executive Control and Emerging Behavior in Youth with Tourette's Syndrome

Kjell Tore Hovik

Chapter 15 - Inside the Triple-Decker: Tourette's Syndrome and Cerebral Hemispheres

Kjell T. Hovik, Merete Øie, and Elkhonon Goldberg

Chapter 16 - Executive Dysfunction in Addiction

Antonio Verdejo-Garcia

Chapter 17 - Seizures of the Frontal Lobes: Clinical Presentations and Diagnostic Considerations

Sara Wildstein and Silvana Riggio

Chapter 18 - Executive Functions after Traumatic Brain Injury: From Deficit to Recovery

Irene Cristofori and Jordan Grafman

Chapter 19 - Dementias and the Frontal Lobes

Michal Harciarek, Emilia J. Sitek, and Anna Barczak

Chapter 20 - Executive Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Jennifer Newman and Charles Marmar

Chapter 21 - Executive Dysfunction in Medical Conditions

Michal Harciarek and Aleksandra Wojtowicz

Chapter 22 - Assessment of Executive Functions in Clinical Settings

Yana Suchy, Rosemary E. Ziemnik, and Madison A. Niermeyer