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Exploring the relationship between HIV and executive function in adolescents, and testing the feasibility of a music intervention aiming to improve executive function in HIV-positive adolescents in rural South Africa

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Executive function (EF) is an umbrella term for a group of related yet distinguishable cognitive functions responsible for flexibly controlling and directing attention and behaviour. EF is important in the top-down control of decision-making and the ability to direct attention towards the fulfilment of long-term goals. EF, particularly in emotive contexts, is still developing during adolescence. EF may also be affected negatively by various threats to optimal EF development, including depr...

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Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
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0000-0002-3908-6898
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014693
Grant:
South African College School 2016
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Rhodes Scholarships
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AfiOx-32
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Africa-Oxford Travel Grant


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DPhil
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Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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