Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Many people are plagued by executive functioning issues. It is not uncommon. Such problems can grind away at self-esteem and the confidence of being an agent in your own life. Simply put, executive ...

A one-on-one intervention framework can help high school students with ADHD improve their executive function habits.

Chances are you’ve recently heard or read about the importance of “executive function”—the set of higher-order mental skills that allow us to plan and organize, make considered decisions, manage our ...

Executive function skills is a term we hear a lot these days—almost like a buzzword. But what does it mean, and how does it relate to ADHD? Executive function skills are brain-based abilities that ...

Principal Ian Knox’s thoughtful opinion essay, “Kindergartners Are Struggling With Self-Regulation. How Principals Can Respond ” (July 8, 2025), centers on steps school leaders can take to respond ...

You know, I've been working as a therapist for a long time, and there's something that has been bothering me for a ...

Kumar is the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Pliskin is director of ...

Executive functioning is the ability to plan, to take action rather than procrastinate, to consider multiple possibilities when solving problems, and to stay focused. This webinar will review the ...

Speaking more than one language may benefit children’s executive function — especially those with autism spectrum disorder, a recent analysis suggests. The study, published in Autism Research, looked ...

Neuroscientists and educational psychologists are constantly learning more about how children learn and the various influences beyond IQ that affect cognition. Some research, like Carol Dweck’s on ...