Vulnerability causes people to do some interesting things. For preteens, it often manifests into cutthroat judgment and meanness as defense mechanisms. If you look stupid, then I won’t. Couple that ...

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

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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. Dr. Legatt explores the intersection of education, AI, and leadership. Executive function is the mechanism by which our brains ...

Remote learning was a disaster for many students when it was introduced in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and teachers were not prepared, access to technology was inconsistent, and ...

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their ...

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 ...

I write a blog post each month focusing on a different executive function skill. Executive function skills are brain-based, and they help people accomplish essential life tasks (Dawson and Guare, 2016 ...