Executive Functioning... Why We Do What We Do
By: Lydia Bisson Executive… what? Executive functioning skills are the cognitive skills we use to interpret and respond to life events. Children begin learning these skills the day they are born and continue to develop these skills into adulthood. “EF [executive function] is intimately connected with the processes by which people do purposeful activity” (Cramm H. et al., 2013). Executive function skills can be categorized into seven main areas: Time management Initiation of t