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 ...

Executive function encompasses a set of cognitive processes crucial for managing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Understanding its components can help you better navigate tasks and challenges ...

Executive functioning and reading comprehension can be conceptualized into three components (Chang, 2020): Cognitive flexibility, or our ability to shift between understanding the words we are ...

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long ...

Children 18 months to 2 years old who ate greater quantities of sugary snacks and processed foods were more likely to have problems with core components of executive functioning such as inhibition ...

Executive functions are life management skills that help people “convert intentions into actions,” said Ari Tuckman, a psychologist in West Chester, Pa., and author of the “The ADHD ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...