National Board of Executive Function Certification Launches Board-Level Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification, ...

Executive functions play a critical role in the overall learning process as the all-encompassing self-regulatory system of cognition. Deficits in executive function impact all aspects of learning, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...

Executive function — the term for critical mental skills like organization, focus, time management and emotional regulation — help all of us navigate our daily lives. People with ADHD are much more ...

I hold my planner like a life book. It's dazzled with color-coded words, stickers, notes, symbols, and doodles. One might think it's all for fun. In truth, it's all quite necessary. It's my executive ...

How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact young children’s executive function skills? Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

During the eight years that Hannah Ross was a third- and fourth-grade teacher, she noticed there were always a handful of kids whose needs weren’t being met in the classroom. Some might have ADHD or ...

When a CEO develops acquired executive dysfunction (e.g., from a stroke or neurodegenerative change) yet remains in their ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

A new Harvard study finds that kids who were six and seven when COVID hit are still lagging in crucial focus and self-control skills.

Executive function scores in children aged 3 years through 11 years dropped by 0.5 SDs following the COVID pandemic onset and remained below pre-pandemic levels through 2023. The decline affected ...