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executive dysfunction
Impairment of executive functions that regulate goal-directed thoughts, emotions and behavior
Also known as executive disfunction · executive function deficit · executive function disorder · EFD · executive functioning deficit · impairment of executive functions
- Specialty
- neurology
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Sources- 1.my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/executive-functionRetrieved 2026-10-15
- neurology
- Cause
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Sources- 1.my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/executive-functionRetrieved 2026-10-15
- , autism
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Sources- 1.my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/executive-functionRetrieved 2026-10-15
- , brain injury
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- +6 more
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Overview
All data
32 statements · 81% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Subclass of
- symptom characteristic of: autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Sources- 1.my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23224-executive-dysfunctionRetrieved 2026-10-15
- higher brain dysfunction
- cognitive deficit
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- symptom characteristic of: autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Different from
- laziness
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Sources- 1.my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23224-executive-dysfunctionRetrieved 2026-10-15
- laziness
On other databases
8 identifiers linking executive dysfunction across the web's reference databases