A new study suggests that adolescents with certain psychopathic personality traits and weaker executive functioning skills may be more likely to engage in property-related crimes. While both ...

Task initiation is a crucial aspect of executive function that impacts your ability to start projects and meet deadlines. It involves overcoming inertia (doing nothing) and transitioning from ...

Here’s how to understand executive functioning, and figure out which coping strategies might work for you. What is executive functioning?

Executive functioning strategies abound. We have tried visual strategies, including special clocks and timers, visual schedules, and homework and chore checklists.

Quality vs. quantity: Untangling sleep issues tied up with ADHD New research on ‘slow-wave sleep’ may have implications for others battling insomnia, including people with anxiety and depression.

In 2005, licensed clinical psychologist Anna Levy-Warren launched Organizational Tutors, a New York City-based business focused on helping children develop and strengthen executive functioning ...

Mounting evidence shows screens aren’t great for kids. And a new study has revealed that even as infants, too much screen time can impact executive function development. Experts explain what to ...

This article provides key points for practitioners from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The full guide is intended to help social workers ...

Executive function involves high level cognitive abilities such as problem-solving. It is possible to experience executive dysfunction.