Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

The COVID-19 pandemic did more than interrupt school and daily routines—it may have slowed the development of important thinking skills in young children. A new study from researchers at Harvard ...

Executive function scores in children dropped following the onset of the COVID pandemic and remained below pre-pandemic ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

Getting outside regularly helps young children learn how to problem-solve and develop other important skills that support ...

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...

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, ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function - a set of ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...