A person can display behavior that seeks positive or negative attention. Both children and adults may display attention-seeking behavior. Attention-seeking behavior can appear as acting out, excessive ...

This post is part two of a series. Executive Function (EF) challenges or delays in mastering EF skills almost always accompany ADHD. There can be many different aspects to EF challenges that may be ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers observed that mindful attention promoted control of brain network dynamics. Study: Mindful ...

Children’s executive function skills need to play a game of catch-up, concludes a new research study. The study puts the blame on the pandemic, when those skills grew at a lower rate than is ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

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 ...

Smartphones have dominated human interaction for more than ten years. They changed how people communicate, work, consume media, and even establish connections. They still necessitate a physical ...