Every day we take on the ordinary, sometimes challenging, tasks of work, school, parenting, relationships, and just managing our busy lives. How do we navigate these tasks successfully? And what can send us off course? Science offers an explanation.
Executive Function / Self Regulation
Suggested citation: Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2014). Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence.Retrieved from www.developingchild.harvard.edu.
Working Memory -
governs our ability to retain and manipulate distinct pieces of information over short periods of time.
Mental Flexibility -
helps us to sustain or shift attention in response to different demands or to apply different rules in different settings.
Self-control -
enables us to set priorities and resist impulsive actions or responses.
