Even if you’ve never heard the term “executive function,” you may be painfully aware of how important it is for everyday life. Executive functioning is often described as the management system of the ...

Over the past year, I’ve received startlingly similar phone calls from families of college students: Their first- and second-year students across the United States are struggling with basic tasks and ...

Prioritization can be a daunting task for people with ADHD and executive dysfunction. With so many competing demands, it can be difficult to determine what tasks are most important and require ...

I write a blog post each month focusing on a different executive function skill. Executive function skills are brain-based, and they help people accomplish essential life tasks (Dawson and Guare, 2016 ...

If you live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, you know firsthand how this condition affects your brain. One of the biggest impacts is the way ADHD can make it difficult to ...