Broadly speaking, executive functioning refers to the cognitive and mental abilities that help people engage in goal directed action. They direct actions, control behavior, and motivate us to achieve our goals and prepare for future events. People with executive dysfunction struggle to organize and regulate their behavior in ways that will help them accomplish long term goals. Attention Deficit Disorder, also known as ADHD or Add, and executive functions are tightly linked, but far from synonymous
Laura Monk
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Two focus finding, sustaining, and shifting attention as needed. Three effort regulating alertness, sustaining motivation, and processing speed. Four emotion, managing frustration and modulating feelings. Five memory using working memory and accessing recall. Six action monitoring and regulating physical activity. Executive dysfunction causes Laura executive dysfuntions ADHD the result of heredity, especially in ADHD, but they can also result from damage to the prefrontal cortex, in vitro exposure to sub, disused trauma, or severe neglect
