Maybe it’s not you getting in your own way, maybe it’s your brain’s wiring hitting the brakes. Imagine trying to finish a task but never getting around to it. For instance, you’ve been meaning to take ...

As people, we rely on our mental capabilities and cognitive skills to do things like regulate emotions and navigate our day-to-day lives. Planning and organization, completing tasks, time management, ...

More people are talking about executive dysfunction—but what exactly is it? Collage with hands holding arrows in many directions with brain illustration on blue background. Organizing thoughts, ...

If you have executive dysfunction (also called executive function disorder), you may experience difficulty in organizing ...

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 ...

Cooking a bowl of spaghetti after work might sound like a simple and effortless enough task, but for a person with executive dysfunction, it can be a minefield. There are the decisions, ('what am I ...

Research on neuroinflammatory processes has revolutionized our understanding of the pathophysiology underlying a range of neuropsychiatric and neurological ...

Executive dysfunction can occur with ADHD. Some ways you can manage it include keeping tasks visible, breaking up tasks, and setting alarms for time-based events. Executive dysfunction is a group of ...

Hearing so much focus on executive dysfunction in recent years has been enlightening. I haven't always known the term, but executive dysfunction has been my thing since my inception. In the first ...

Executive dysfunction and pandemic fatigue make it hard to complete simple tasks, but online strangers are here to help. Credit: Vicky leta / mashable Timber Talbot knows what it feels like to be too ...