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

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

How To Cultivate Executive Functioning Skills For Your Child's Success

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...
Psychology Today

ADHD, Executive Functions, and AI: A New Era in Treatment

Can artificial intelligence (AI) become a powerful treatment tool for kids and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? If we view ADHD as a ...
Education Week

Teaching Executive Functions Should Start in Kindergarten

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 ...
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 ...
The Conversation

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

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 ...