Time blindness has been linked to ADHD or autism - but at what point does being perpetually late simply become inexcusable? Even as a kid, Alice Lovatt was always getting in trouble for being late.

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 ...

ADHD is associated with measurable differences in brain structure and neurotransmitter activity. This includes altered connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions, which affects ...

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 ...

Aaron Buss received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Alexis McCraw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

This post is part one of a series. Attention is a multifaceted process that manages the mental controls needed for school or work. Filtering incoming information to determine its importance (saliency) ...

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 ...

Conditions like A.D.H.D. and autism can make starting and completing tasks feel impossible, but experts say there are workarounds. By Christina Caron The pomodoro technique. Power poses. Planners.

Executive dysfunction can occur with ADHD. Some ways you can manage it include keeping tasks visible, breaking up tasks, and setting alarms for time-based events. Executive dysfunction is a group of ...