Task Initiation is one of many executive function skills that you can work on and improve. Putting in the work on one skill will impact other skills in a positive way. But it takes patience.

Executive function tends to be less responsive to medications for adult ADHD compared to the high success rate, 70 to 80 percent, for other core ADHD symptoms such as focus, hyperactivity ...

Executive functioning is often described as the management system of the brain: This is the portion responsible for planning, prioritizing and executing tasks. “Executive function is the CEO of ...

Behind every decision you make, every change you adapt to, and every task you plan is your executive function (EF). Just as a building’s foundation is essential to the stability and support of a ...

Set shifting: moving from task to task Interference control: resisting distractions There is a symptomatic overlap of emotional dysregulation and executive dysfunction in ADHD and bipolar disorder ...

Executive function — a sort of air traffic controller of the brain — has been one of the hottest topics in education circles over the past 15 years. Yet experts disagree over what it is exactly, to ...