The likelihood of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) maintaining their employment status in 2 years can be predicted by their levels of physical disability and executive functioning, but not by ...

Is neurodivergence a disability? The question itself is the problem. We're forcing rigid categories onto a dynamic reality, ...

According to Dr. Beth Rabinovitz, clinical neuropsychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division in White Plains, “Executive function refers to a set of mental processes that guide ...

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 ...

Encouraging multilingualism at home could benefit kids with autism spectrum disorders, the researchers conclude, and could even provide a “natural intervention” for some types of executive function.

Three brain attentional networks -- alerting, orienting, and executive control -- have been studied among alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals. Results indicate that AD individuals have particularly ...

Executive function is a set of abilities that allow one to control one’s behavior to achieve goals. These abilities include attention, impulse inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, ...

(Editor’s note: For the back-to-school season, Education Lab asked readers what is on their minds this time of year. This is the fifth question we’ve answered ...

Companies in the U.S. dedicate a significant amount of time and resources to improve employee engagement, spending an estimated $100 billion annually on initiatives such as surveys, measurement and ...