The “wall of awful” describes a mental barrier that makes starting important tasks feel extremely hard for people with ADHD. The wall builds over time from shame, fear, and past negative experiences, ...

ADHD gurus like Russell Barkley and Ari Tuckman argue that problems with executive functioning are a core part of ADHD, and that these problems may explain many of the symptoms of ADHD. Executive ...

Evidence suggests attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obesity share overlapping genetic pathways and hereditary factors, but executive dysfunction, ADHD medications, and individual ...

Executive function — the term for critical mental skills like organization, focus, time management and emotional regulation — help all of us navigate our daily lives. People with ADHD are much more ...

If employees are falling behind on their work, it doesn't necessarily mean they're disengaged or wasting their time. It may be that their brains are wired differently. Processing Content Executive ...

Hearing so much focus on executive dysfunction in recent years has been enlightening. I haven't always known the term, but executive dysfunction has been my thing since my inception. In the first ...

More people are talking about executive dysfunction—but what exactly is it? Collage with hands holding arrows in many directions with brain illustration on blue background. Organizing thoughts, ...

Q: My wife and I have been together since 2012. Since then, we’ve both been diagnosed with ADHD, and this comes with a fun symptom called executive dysfunction. Executive dysfunction makes it very ...