Executive Dysfunction: Symptoms of Executive Function Disorder and ADHD

The History of ADHD and Its Treatments

ADHD wasn’t called ADHD until the late 1980s, but its core symptoms have been recognized as a...

But you can more consistently get things done by creating systems in your life that support these...

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Intention deficit disorder is not a medical diagnosis but a helpful way to frame a persistent ADHD...

Executive functioning skills range from working memory to cognitive flexibility to inhibitory...

ADHD impacts a child’s executive age, causing a 30% delay in skills related to planning,...

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The real age of a child with ADHD is not tied to their birthday or intelligence, but to their...

A 7-year-old with ADHD has the executive functioning skills of a 4- or 5-year-old. A 13-year-old’s EF...

Sleep deprivation can cause greater cognitive impairment in adults with subclinical ADHD symptoms...

Infants who exhibit behaviors such as “visually examining, acting on, or exploring nonsocial stimuli...

Executive functioning deficits continue beyond adolescence and young adulthood for individuals with...

A review of the Barkley Deficits of Executive Functioning Scale upheld the 70-item questionnaire’s...

"The most practical way to view ADHD, from my point of view, is as a developmental delay in executive...

Verbal and non-verbal working memory are two of your seven executive functions. They are also the...