EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
Executive functions?
- Executive functioning has been described as being the air traffic controller of the brain
- Located in the frontal lobe of the brain
- It is the mental process we use to guide us and to make decisions
- Executive functions are developmental in nature, developing at different chronological ages in each individual and reaching maturity between ages 25-30
Researchers and clinicians use different terminology to describe executive functions
Russell Barkley, Ph.D
- Inhibit your behavior
- Use visual imagery
- Talk to yourself
- Control your emotions
- Plan and problem solve
Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
- Response Inhibition
- Emotional Control
- Working Memory
- Task Initiation
- Sustained Attention
- Planning and Prioritization
- Organization
- Time Management
- Flexibility
Thomas Brown, Ph.D
- Activation
- Focus
- Effort
- Emotion
- Memory
- Action