Research shows that when preschool teachers participate in professional learning workshops and ongoing coaching with experienced early childhood educators, students improve their language and literacy ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function—a set of ...

Executive functions encompass a suite of control processes—including inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility—that emerge rapidly during the preschool years and underpin children’s ...

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 ...

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 ...