Are your middle or high school students having trouble focusing, disorganized, or struggling to complete classroom assignments? Perhaps you’ve also noticed that they have challenges with ...

Executive function refers to the goal-oriented regulation of one’s own thoughts, actions, and emotions. Its importance is attested by its contribution to the development of other cognitive skills (e.g ...

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 ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

Aaron Buss received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Alexis McCraw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationship between physical activity and executive function in preschool children, with a particular focus on the mediating role of sleep problem. Methods: ...

When it comes to understanding the learning and behavior needs of autistic students, executive function (EF) skills are often overlooked but they can significantly impact a child’s success at school ...

Long-term persistent declines in cognitive domains, including global cognition and executive function, are associated with incident heart failure. Incident heart failure (HF) is accompanied by ...

Conditions like A.D.H.D. and autism can make starting and completing tasks feel impossible, but experts say there are workarounds. By Christina Caron The pomodoro technique. Power poses. Planners.