Coello-Zambrano, EmilyRamos-Galarza, Carlos2022-12-122022-12-122022http://revecuatneurol.com/magazine_issue_article/construccion-teorica-neuropsicologica-funciones-ejecutivas-theoretical-neuropsychological-construction-executive-functions/https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3972Executive functions (EF) constitute a large conglomerate of cognitive abilities that, as their name indicates, carry out decisive actions in decision-making and human behavior. They are of a cognitive and socio-emotional nature, they coordinate the input and output information to regulate the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions of a task to be performed. Alexander Luria raises its conceptualization at the beginning of the seventies, being Muriel Lezak the one in charge of its scientific dissemination. In this article, a bibliographic compilation on EFs, their best known theoretical models, their neuropsychological evaluation process, the most common disorders and the most relevant studies in recent years is made.spaopenAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/article