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 ...

Among children born during the first COVID lockdown in England, caregiver-reported executive function at the age of 4 years emerged as the notable area of concern, despite language, motor skills, and ...

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In order to successfully navigate our lives, we depend upon a wide range of emotional, social, and cognitive abilities organized within the networks of our executive brain. The executive brain is made ...

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 humans, much of what we do happens without any conscious thought. We don’t need to think about breathing, for instance, and we’ll automatically take our hand away from burning heat. For the rest of ...

Midlife hypertension is associated with lower semantic memory scores among adults aged 90 years and older, according to population-weighted findings from a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.