How your brain's executive function works -- ...

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Want to improve your ability to stay focused or complete a task? Cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel shares ways to use our brain’s executive function tool to actually achieve our goals. This talk was filmed at TEDxMileHigh. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers ...  عرض المزيد

Executive functions are the skills that allow us to plan for and meet goals, manage time effectively, remember what we've heard and read, and exercise self-control. Peg Dawson, Ed.D., shares strategies you can use to improve your EFs and cement habits.

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If you haven't figured it out yet, executive functions pretty much rule our life. From remembering to brush our teeth, working memory, planning our day, switching from one thing to the next, understanding time etc.

If those of us with ...

This episode is a discussion with Dr. Adele Diamond about executive functions (EFs), with a focus on children and the developing brain. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including models of EFs, three core EFs (inhibitory control, working memory ...