Explaining Executive Function

Are you a disorganized student, a poor planner, an aimless academic? A lack of executive function may be to blame.

Executive function is a name for a group of essential mental tasks, including planning, strategizing, organizing, setting goals, and paying attention to the important details that will help to achieve those goals. Executive function is what gets us down to business even when we'd rather just hang out.

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