Task initiation is a crucial aspect of executive function that impacts your ability to start projects and meet deadlines. It ...

Individuals who struggle to complete tasks (at home, school, or the workplace) may not have a problem with executive function ...

If you have executive dysfunction (also called executive function disorder), you may experience difficulty in organizing ...

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 ...

Teens’ focus is interrupted, on average, every 90 seconds. Something as simple as an audible notification can draw focus away from a task. And when humans are distracted, it takes 23 minutes to get ...

Executive function is the mechanism by which our brains manage and prioritize our thoughts, working memory, emotions and actions; Harvard researchers call it our brain’s air traffic control system.

In boys with DMD, executive skills such as self-control begin to lag around age 8, but show signs of partial catch-up by 14, ...