Eye-blink rate offers a window into executive function and prefrontal development in early childhood

Executive function encompasses a suite of cognitive processes that enable individuals to regulate their behavior, thoughts ...
Harvard Medical School

Taking a second look at executive function

Executive function — top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions — have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...
ADDitude

Hovering at Home: How Well-Intentioned Parents May Threaten Executive Function Development

Approximately a year before COVID necessitated virtual learning, I began offering online appointments for the families with whom I work. There was a learning curve. But over time my clients — largely ...
Phys.org

Study questions whether executive function assessments measure universal abilities or school-based skills

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers map converging trajectories of cognitive development through adolescence

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Study shows COVID-19 pandemic’s disrupted young children’s executive function development

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 ...
Psychology Today

Executive Function Myths That Need to Go

Somewhere, deep down, I know my level-eight reaction is a mismatch to the level-three problem: I’ve fallen behind on emails, and now I seem like a total flake. My inner voice chides me, “You’re an ...