If you’ve ever said, “I just need to focus,” and then found yourself scrolling, snacking, and reorganizing your sock drawer—you’ve just met your executive function. And it wasn’t having its best day.

Founder James Gold hit a breaking point last year. His company was scaling fast, revenue was climbing, and he was securing ...

Last week we explored how modern life quietly wears down the brain’s executive function — the system responsible for focus, planning, and self-control. Now let’s turn to what strengthens it. Once the ...

Imagine a movie character’s day going exactly as she planned: her organization systems make her space pristine, she’s on time or early for everything, her focus rivals an Olympian’s, and she adheres ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Over the past year, I’ve received startlingly similar phone calls from families of college students: Their first- and second-year students across the United States are struggling with basic tasks and ...

The brain is a complex organ that regulates everything you do. It sends and receives chemical and electrical signals through the body that control and coordinate thought, memory, emotion, movement, ...

We talk a lot about exercise in terms of calories burned or miles logged, but let’s pivot. What if the most compelling reason to get moving has nothing to do with your waistline and everything to do ...