Executive functions are cognitive skills that are essential for high-level tasks that involve setting goals and carrying them ...

Going to school helps children learn how to read and solve math problems, but it also appears to upgrade the fundamental ...

If these habits feel relatable, you're not alone in your executive dysfunction.

In the first year of the COVID-19, there was a significant drop in working memory and executive function in older individuals, which is linked to known dementia risk factors including increased ...

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 ...

A new study led by scientists at the Perception Dynamics Institute and the University of California San Diego demonstrates ...

Recent findings from research in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science at the University of Nevada, Reno found that in younger people, increased screen time on devices like ...

Adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise – such as brisk walking – each week, or at least 75 minutes ...

Our current brain structures have been with us for at least 35,000 years. But today’s work environment, filled with the pinging, whooshing, grabbing, greedy solicitations of digital media, is unlike ...