Central Executive The Central Executive is the control center, regulating how information is being processed between each of the memory stores. Essentially the central executive is controlling and implementing the cognitive processes used to code and retrieve information . ]  [  The central executive is studied through the frontal lobe.It is understood that the frontal lobe is where a person will make most of their decisions.The centralexecutive receives input from the phonological loop, episodic buffer, and the visuospatial sketchpad. ]  ]  ]  
Central Executive The central executive is a flexible system responsible for the control and regulation of cognitive processes. It directs focus and targets information, making working memory and long-term memory work together. It can be thought of as a supervisory system that controls cognitive processes, making sure the short-term store is actively working, and intervenes when they go astray and prevents distractions. 4] It has the following functions: updating and coding incoming information and replacing old information binding information from a number of sources into coherent episodes coordination of the slave systems shifting between tasks or retrieval strategies inhibition, suppressing dominant or automatic responses[4 selective attention The central executive has two main systems: the visuo-spatial sketchpad, for visual information, and the phonological loop, for verbal information. 5] Using the dual-task paradigm, Baddeley and Erses have found, for instance, that patients with Alzheimer's dementia are impaired when performing multiple tasks simultaneously, even when the difficulty of the individual tasks is adapted to their abilities. 6] Two tasks include a memory tasks and a tracking task. Individual actions are completed well, but as the Alzheimer's becomes more prominent in a patient, performing two or more actions becomes more and more difficult. This research has shown the deteriorating of the central executive in individuals with Alzheimer's. 7] Recent research on executive functions suggests that the 'central' executive is not as central as conceived in the Baddeley Hitch model. Rather, there seem to be separate executive functions that can vary largely independently between individuals and can be selectively impaired or spared by brain damage
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Central Executive is the control center, regulating how information is being processed between each of the memory stores. Essentially the
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controlling and implementing the cognitive processes used to code and retrieve information .
a flexible system responsible for the control and regulation of cognitive processes. It directs focus and targets information, making working memory and long-term memory work together. It can be thought of as a supervisory system that controls cognitive processes, making sure the short-term store is actively working, and intervenes when they go astray and prevents distractions.
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It has the following functions:
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updating and coding incoming information and replacing old information binding information from a number of sources into coherent episodes coordination of the slave systems shifting between tasks or retrieval strategies inhibition, suppressing dominant or automatic responses
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selective attention
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is studied through the frontal lobe.It is understood that the frontal lobe is where a person will make most of their decisions.The centralexecutive receives input from the phonological loop, episodic buffer, and the visuospatial sketchpad.
has two main systems: the visuo-spatial sketchpad, for visual information, and the phonological loop, for verbal information.
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Using the dual-task paradigm, Baddeley and Erses have found, for instance, that patients with Alzheimer's dementia are impaired when performing multiple tasks simultaneously, even when the difficulty of the individual tasks is adapted to their abilities.
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Two tasks include a memory tasks and a tracking task. Individual actions are completed well, but as the Alzheimer's becomes more prominent in a patient, performing two or more actions becomes more and more difficult. This research has shown the deteriorating of the central executive in individuals with Alzheimer's.
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Recent research on executive functions suggests that the 'central' executive is not as central as conceived in the Baddeley
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Hitch model. Rather, there seem to be separate executive functions that can vary largely independently between individuals and can be selectively impaired or spared by brain damage