Training teachers how identify executive functioning issues in kids is helping to create opportunities for teaching kids skills that lead to better lives.

New study shows that a lack of executive function can put children on a low and sluggish learning curve that they are unlikely to break out of.

Kids with weak executive function face numerous challenges in school. They find it difficult to focus their attention or control their behavior—to plan, prioritize, strategize, switch tasks, or ...

The results revealed that those kids who participated in regular household chores exhibited greater executive function as compared to those not involved in chores.

Deborah J. Stipek, Theresa A. Roberts, Mary E. Sanborn, Preschool-Age Children's Performance Expectations for Themselves and Another Child as a Function of the Incentive Value of Success and the ...

Children with mild sleep disordered breathing (SDB) showed no improvement in executive function or attention after adenotonsillectomy compared with those who did not have the surgery, but several ...

A beloved cartoon character may be slowing children’s mental functions, a new study led a professor at the University of Virginia says.

Pre-teens who are overweight or obese have stark differences in cognitive function and brain structure than their thinner counterparts, according to a new study. The team at Boston Children’s ...