The name of this Psychology Today blog is “Screen Play," which might lead one to believe that it’s about movies and television. But the focus is more on the screens kids are using today—their cell ...

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 ...

Check out these games that sneakily support executive functioning skills like impulse control, flexible thinking, and task initiation. Executive functioning skills are a set of mental processes that ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...

Greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet was associated with better executive function, processing speed, semantic fluency, and immediate recall among older adults. Greater adherence ...

Somewhere, deep down, I know my level-eight reaction is a mismatch to the level-three problem: I’ve fallen behind on emails, and now I seem like a total flake. My inner voice chides me, “You’re an ...