Why do some entrepreneurs navigate uncertainty with ease while others struggle? The answer might lie in how their brain's executive function operates. Working with hundreds of business founders, I've ...

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 ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function - a set of ...

Researchers find that primary school children with reduced cognitive skills for planning and self-restraint are more likely to show increased aggression in middle childhood. The study examined the ...

Disordered executive function can impair a person’s ability to organize and manage behavior. Executive function is a broad group of mental skills that enable people to complete tasks and interact with ...

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 ...

Executive dysfunction is a term for a range of cognitive and behavioral difficulties that can occur after injury to the frontal lobes of the brain. The three core areas of executive function include ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...

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.