This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. The ability to set a goal and pursue it without getting derailed by temptations or distractions is essential to nearly everything we do in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Encouraging multilingualism at home could benefit kids with autism spectrum disorders, the researchers conclude, and could even ...

Speech rate and word-finding difficulties, including pausing and use of fillers such as “um” and “uh,” were associated with changes in executive function across the adult lifespan in a new study. Jed ...

Executive function — the term for critical mental skills like organization, focus, time management and emotional regulation — help all of us navigate our daily lives. People with ADHD are much more ...

The “ums” and “uhs” in your everyday speech may not be just verbal tics after all. Research demonstrates these hesitations correlate with executive function abilities, revealing insights about ...

As parents, we want to give our children the tools they need so they can be successful. Unfortunately, when our children enter late elementary or middle school, there isn't a class to teach them how ...

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This post is part one of a series. Attention is a multifaceted process that manages the mental controls needed for school or work. Filtering incoming information to determine its importance (saliency) ...