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 ...

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Executive functions play a critical role in the overall learning process as the all-encompassing self-regulatory system of cognition. Deficits in executive function impact all aspects of learning, ...

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Legatt explores the intersection of education, AI, and leadership. Executive function is the mechanism by which our brains ...

Remote learning was a disaster for many students when it was introduced in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and teachers were not prepared, access to technology was inconsistent, and ...

The authors are all researchers in the UC Davis Department of Psychology. They wrote this policy paper for the UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research. Children growing up in economically ...

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 ...

Your executive functions are mental skills that act like the CEO of your brain. They watch over different parts of your mind and help you sort your thoughts and work toward goals. “These mental skills ...

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 ...