As people, we rely on our mental capabilities and cognitive skills to do things like regulate emotions and navigate our day-to-day lives. Planning and organization, completing tasks, time management, ...

Executive dysfunction was highly prevalent in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and associated with a high antiseizure medication (ASM) load/number of ASMs, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and ...

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, ...

Leaving projects until the 11th hour. Easily falling off task. Misplacing or forgetting completed homework. Carrying a chronically messy backpack. These everyday behaviors are signs of weak executive ...

You promised you’d be there on time. You even set a departure time reminder. But when the alarm sounds, you tell yourself, “I just need two more minutes on this.” Time somehow slips by, and you’re not ...

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 ...

Hoarding disorder has always carried a certain mystery. Why do some people find it nearly impossible to part with objects that others would quickly discard? Over the past decade, neuropsychological ...

A brief look at executive dysfunction and how it can affect motivation, focus, and getting started on tasks. A cardiologist’s no. 1 rule for healthy eating is avoiding this food: ‘I don’t touch it’ ...

Dear Carolyn: My wife and I have been together since 2012. Since then, we’ve both been diagnosed with ADHD, and this comes with a fun symptom called executive dysfunction. Executive dysfunction makes ...