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Background: Allergic diseases have different prevalence in different parts of the world. Among them, asthma is the most common chronic disease. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of America have summarized asthma as chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, in which cells or cellular elements play a role. Many findings confirmed the fact that many chronic diseases, including asthma over time affect cognitive performance. Aim: The aim of this thesis was comparing executive functions in patients with chronic asthma to healthy subjects. Methodology: The study population includes patients with chronic asthma who were referred to Al-Zahra hospital in Isfahan province and their visitors who were assigned as control group. Sample was 30 patients with chronic asthma and 30 patient visitors that were selected by purposeful sampling. In this study three software, WCST, Stroop and continuous operation (CPT), were used. Conclusions: The results of multivariate variance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between patients with chronic asthma and healthy subjects in terms of set shifting, inhibition, and attention performance. This study showed that the executive functions of patients with chronic asthma have significant defects.