Assessment of executive functions: review of instruments and identification of critical issues.

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Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences (2015, background): “A number of studies have found that impairments in either the Cold or Hot cognitive functions may be related to deficits in everyday decision making and functioning (e.g., independance at home, ability to work, school attendance, and social relations; for review, see Chan et al., 2008).”
Integrating Mindfulness Training into K-12 Education: Fostering the Resilience of Teachers and Students (2012, background): “functioning is an umbrella term for cognitive processes such as planning, working memory, attention, problem solving, verbal reasoning, inhibition, mental flexibility, multi-tasking, and the initiation and monitoring of actions (Chan et al. 2008).”
Neuropsychological measures of executive function and antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis (2011, methodology): “Many measures of EF have uncertain validity since they involve complex, demanding and multi-faceted tasks that draw on both executive and non-executive processes (Chan et al. 2008).”