Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

Principal Ian Knox’s thoughtful opinion essay, “Kindergartners Are Struggling With Self-Regulation. How Principals Can Respond ” (July 8, 2025), centers on steps school leaders can take to respond ...

How did COVID-19 impact child brain development? A new study reveals a significant decline in executive function skills among children ages 3-11.

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 ...

The current medical crisis is an unexpected global challenge, and people are in confusion mode. Pandemic solutions are required for the entire population, not only for hospitals. Basic human ...

A good cry and short break later, I have my answer: I was attempting to think deeply when my brain wasn’t able to do so.

Despite growing enthusiasm among educators and scholars about the potential of school-based executive function interventions to significantly increase student achievement, a federally funded ...

Impairments in social and executive brain functions hinder effective communication, according to new research in patients with dementia. Impairments in social and executive brain functions hinder ...