Most educators are likely familiar with the skills that comprise executive function, if not necessarily the name: emotional regulation, behavioral control, and cognitive flexibility. These skills are ...

When students struggle with organization, attention, or follow-through, punishment doesn’t help. These executive function ...

Charles Hillman has known for a long time that exercise has a positive impact on the brain. This effect has been demonstrated ...

Going to school helps children learn how to read and solve math problems, but it also appears to upgrade the fundamental ...

In modern society, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior have become common issues globally. This trend is also growing ...

It’s the night before your child has a big paper or project due and panic has set in. Deadlines have already been missed and now your child has a mountain of work to complete. As you hunker down to ...

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 ...

Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior are growing worldwide among children and can negatively impact both their physical ...

Mental imagery after stroke correlated with cognitive and executive performance during early rehabilitation, especially visuo ...

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 ...