More people are talking about executive dysfunction—but what exactly is it? Collage with hands holding arrows in many directions with brain illustration on blue background. Organizing thoughts, ...

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 ...

This explains what executive dysfunction means, breaks down common terminology, and highlights signs that may affect organization, planning, task completion, and daily functioning.

Hearing so much focus on executive dysfunction in recent years has been enlightening. I haven't always known the term, but executive dysfunction has been my thing since my inception. In the first ...