Confused about whether your child is avoiding work or truly can’t get started? Learn the difference between task avoidance ...

The executive function skill (EF skill) I am focusing in this post is task initiation, which is the ability to get started on various tasks (Mutti-Driscoll, 2024). As a reminder, EF skills are ...

Executive function skills is a term we hear a lot these days—almost like a buzzword. But what does it mean, and how does it relate to ADHD? Executive function skills are brain-based abilities that ...

Developmental stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by the repetition, prolongation, and blocking of speech sounds. It has been suggested that a decline in executive function is a background ...

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 ...

As a PhD student in 2018 studying executive functions (a set of cognitive control processes that are involved in controlling and regulating goal-directed behaviour), I found the field somewhat ...