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, ...

Those who study the brain or treat patients (or both) talk a lot about executive functioning, often in the negative. We refer to “poor executive functioning,” “executive dysfunction,” “frontal lobe ...

Principal Ian Knox’s thoughtful opinion essay, “Kindergartners Are Struggling With Self-Regulation. How Principals Can Respond ” (July 8, 2025), centers on steps school leaders can take to respond ...

As a PhD student in 2018 studying executive functions (a set of cognitive control processes that are involved in controlling and regulating goal-directed behaviour), I found the field somewhat ...

Cognitive control encompasses the ensemble of neural and cognitive processes that steer thoughts and actions in line with internally maintained objectives. It underpins executive functions such as ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...

White-collar work is breaking people's brains. Some are turning to unorthodox coaches for a fix. In 2022, Sage Quiamno was in her early 30s and a few months into a demanding DEI leadership role at ...