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 ...

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Executive functioning is what lets people manage daily life without everything falling apart. It’s the mental ability to plan ...

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse ...

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 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 ...

A medical illustration from 'Quain's Elements of Anatomy, Eighth Edition, Vol.II' (by William Sharpey MD, LLD, FRS L&E, Allen Thomson, MD, LLD, FRS L&E, and Edward Albert Schafer) depicts the right ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte New research explores how attention difficulties, sleep disruption, and cognitive control challenges ...

A brain that’s running smoothly should feel like a video without lags or a record without scratches. In some cases, though, our minds might hit a snag—instead of regularly flowing thoughts, it’s like ...

Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno was a few months into her new role as a global DEI leader at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) when she hit a wall. She told Business Insider she was experiencing a cycle of feeling ...