Executive Dysfunction
Your Brain’s GPS Is Glitchy: Why Working Memory Fails and How to Bolster It
Verbal and non-verbal working memory are two of your seven executive functions. They are...
Symptom Tests
[Self-Test] Could Your Child Have a Working Memory Deficit?
Working memory, a component of executive functioning, is where your child stores...
Symptom Tests for Adults
[Self-Test] Do You Have a Working Memory Deficit?
Working memory, which is critical to executive functioning, is where you store short-term...
How to Focus
Improve Working Memory: Brain Training Tricks
Everyone occasionally loses her keys or forgets an important date. But when it's a habit,...
Executive Functions
"I Remembered Not to Forget!"
If complex instructions or information fly easily out of your child's mind, use these...
Learning Challenges
You’ll Never Learn If You Can’t Remember
Before something is learned, it must pass through working memory. People with ADHD are...
Brain Training
What You Need to Know About Cogmed© Working-Memory Training
Cogmed is more than a video game. This brain-training software program promises to reduce...
Learning Challenges
15 Memory Exercises for Forgetful Kids
Weak working memory impairs a child's ability to follow multi-step directions, tap into...
Brain Training
Brain Training to Treat ADHD Symptoms
Learn how to treat ADHD symptoms with neurofeedback, working memory training, and...
Brain Training
Your ADHD Brain — Only Stronger
The proponents of Cogmed's working memory training gush about the improved focus and...
Dyscalculia
The ADHD Symptoms That Complicate and Exacerbate a Math Learning Disability
Nearly a third of children with ADHD also have a math learning disability. These...
Dyscalculia
Developmental Dyscalculia: A New Understanding of Early Warning Signs
This math learning disability is nearly as common as dyslexia, however it’s studied far...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
The Mystery of ADHD Motivation, Solved
Why do adults and children with ADHD or ADD have strong motivation and executive function...
Executive Dysfunction
How to Sharpen Executive Functions: Activities to Hone Brain Skills
Executive functioning skills range from working memory to cognitive flexibility to...
ADHD in Women
ADHD Impairment Peaks in Menopause, According to ADDitude Reader Survey
Half of women surveyed called memory problems and overwhelm “life-altering” in their 40s...
Types of ADHD & ADD
5 Overlooked Signs of ADHD – the Inattentive Type
“People with inattentive ADHD are not lazy, stupid, unwilling, or oppositional. They have...
Executive Dysfunction
Executive Dysfunction, Explained!
Executive dysfunction is a brain-based impairment that impacts a person's ability to...
Dyscalculia
When ‘Careless Mistakes’ Aren’t: Dyscalculia & Math Anxiety
Math is hard. Dyscalculia, a math learning disability, can make learning and calculating...
ADHD Guide
The ADHD Overview from ADDitude
ADHD is a neurological condition that impacts executive function, working memory,...
Executive Dysfunction
What Is Executive Dysfunction?
Executive function skills enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and...