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Assoc Prof Naomi Friedman
(CLIC) Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr Naomi Friedman is an Associate Professor at the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr Friedman's research focuses on individual differences in executive functions –– high-level cognitive abilities that enable individuals to regulate their thoughts and actions during goal-directed behavior. Dr. Friedman studies the neural and genetic mechanisms of executive functions, their structure, and their relations to self-regulation, psychopathology, and other cognitive abilities.
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Reineberg, A. E., Banich, M. T., Wager, T. D., & Friedman, N. P. (2022). Context-specific activations are a hallmark of the neural basis of individual differences in general executive function. NeuroImage, 249, 118845.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118845.
Friedman, N. P., Hatoum, A. S., Gustavson, D. E., Corley, R. P., Hewitt, J. K., & Young, S. E. (2020). Executive functions and impulsivity are genetically distinct and independently predict psychopathology: Results from two adult twin studies. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 519-538. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619898814.
Friedman, N. P., Miyake, A., Altamirano, L. J., Corley, R. P., Young, S. E., Rhea, S. A., & Hewitt, J. K. (2016). Stability and change in executive function abilities from late adolescence to early adulthood: A longitudinal twin study. Developmental Psychology, 52, 326-340. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000075.