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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 ...

You are halfway through a job interview, reaching for the right word, and it slips out: “um.” The hiring manager’s eyebrow twitches. In that fraction of a second, you have been silently downgraded ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...

An ER doctor and marriage and family therapist shares her experiences with the ebb and flow of executive function capacity.

Wrapped, on-time gifts reflect an executive function win. Source: Laura James/Pexels The Friday after Thanksgiving usually found the five of us, my little sister, parents, and Freeda the dog, piled ...

Many psychiatric disorders are linked to altered functioning of brain networks that drive reward processing and executive functions like making decisions, taking risks, planning, and memory. But a ...