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

Those eight building blocks combine in various ways, say the DeepMind researchers, to form two composite faculties that are equally important: Problem solving, and social cognition, which is defined ...

Scientists in the UK found that completing an exercise program boosted levels of a chemical known as the brain's 'fertilizer' ...

Research in health psychology has increasingly highlighted the pivotal role that executive functions play in human health and wellbeing. Executive ...

Every evening, millions of people sink into their sofas, phones in hand, scrolling through an endless stream of short videos. A recipe. A joke. A news.

You're ready to go out the door, but your kid is still sockless? It might be time to brush up on their executive functioning skills.

Exercise provides incredible benefits for both short- and long-term brain health, according to Tiana S. Woolridge, MD, MPH, a sports medicine physician with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New ...

A new study shows that improving your cardiovascular endurance changes your neural chemistry. Fitter individuals release ...

Researchers propose new legal standards for sleep deprivation, warning that fatigue leads to false confessions and unreliable witness testimony.

A longitudinal study tracking UK children from toddlerhood to early school age reveals how the timing of pandemic disruption shaped the development and stability of executive function during such a ...

The author builds a case for placing Real Skills for Real Life at the center of the next chapter of public education Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute, says employers ...