Executive functions (FE) dealing with higher order skills of the
brain. Include a set of cognitive skills, such as attention,
inhibition of irrelevant information, working memory, mental
flexibility, organization, anticipation, inhibition, control of
behavior, motivation, planning, decision- decisions and self-
evaluation of the results.Executive functions are mechanisms
that allow us to solve new complex situations in an efficient
and acceptable to the individual and society. There are two
powers of the executive functions closely related, but different
meta-cognitive executive functions and executive functions
(FFEE) emotional.The anatomical substrate is in the prefrontal
lobe cortex and its afferent and efferent structures. The
lesions in the frontal lobes are associated with impaired
executive functions. The frontal syndrome is classified into
three more specific syndromes: dorsolateral prefrontal syndrome,
syndrome or orbit frontal and cingulated mediobasal syndrome.
Executive functions (FFEE) are affecte