You’ve probably been told your whole life to just “try harder” when it comes to impulse control. For many neurodivergent ...

Most educators are likely familiar with the skills that comprise executive function, if not necessarily the name: emotional regulation, behavioral control, and cognitive flexibility. These skills are ...

Most people, at some point, have to push through tasks that are dull, repetitive, and require sustained mental effort, such as tax returns, data entry, or studying for exams. For most people, a mix of ...

In modern society, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior have become common issues globally. This trend is also growing ...

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 ...

Maybe it’s not you getting in your own way, maybe it’s your brain’s wiring hitting the brakes. Imagine trying to finish a task but never getting around to it. For instance, you’ve been meaning to take ...

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, ...

In modern society, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior have become common issues globally. This trend is also growing ...

Our current brain structures have been with us for at least 35,000 years. But today’s work environment, filled with the pinging, whooshing, grabbing, greedy solicitations of digital media, is unlike ...