Practical strategies to help exam‑year students manage workload, regulate emotions and build executive function skills.

Those who study the brain or treat patients (or both) talk a lot about executive functioning, often in the negative. We refer to “poor executive functioning,” “executive dysfunction,” “frontal lobe ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever said, “I just need to focus,” and then found yourself scrolling, snacking, and reorganizing your sock drawer—you’ve just met your executive function. And it wasn’t having its best day.

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 ...

Scientists have long debated the merits and risks of tinkering with viruses and bacteria, which the president claims caused the coronavirus pandemic. By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes President Trump ...

I’ve found that more and more, kids (and adults) have an expectation that anything they want “right now” can magically appear with the click of a confirm button or tap of one’s cellphone. When the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Encouraging multilingualism at home could benefit kids with autism spectrum disorders, the researchers conclude, and could even ...

Study reveals multilingual children with autism show stronger cognitive skills and social communication, highlighting the potential benefits of multilingual exposure. Study: Multilingualism impacts ...

There may be something special about team sports in childhood that helps sharpen a kids' brain, new research shows. Children who were on soccer or volleyball teams scored higher on tests of "executive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than one-quarter of children met the recommended 1 hour or less screen time per day. Children who spent ...