{"id":90990,"date":"2024-03-13T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90990"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:40:13","slug":"what-is-executive-function-belsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/03\/13\/what-is-executive-function-belsky\/","title":{"rendered":"What is executive function? [Belsky]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/articles\/what-is-executive-function\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90991 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ExecutiveFunction-March2024.jpg\" alt=\"What is executive function?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ExecutiveFunction-March2024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ExecutiveFunction-March2024-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ExecutiveFunction-March2024-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-col-sm-12 grid-start-md-2 grid-col-md-10 grid-col-lg-8 grid-start-lg-3\">\n<p id=\"target-skip-to-content\" class=\"d-sm-inline mb-sm-2 lh-condensed f-sm-9 f-md-11 text-bold mb-sm-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/articles\/what-is-executive-function\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is executive function?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from understood.org by Gail Belsky<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We use these skills every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. Trouble with executive function can make it hard to focus, follow directions, and handle emotions, among other things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Snapshot: What executive function is<br \/>\nSome people describe executive function as \u201cthe management system of the brain.\u201d That\u2019s because the skills involved let us set goals, plan, and get things done. When people struggle with executive function, it impacts them at home, in school, and in life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There are three main areas of executive function. They are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is executive function? &#8212; from understood.org by Gail Belsky Executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We use these skills every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. Trouble with executive function can make it hard to focus, follow directions, and handle emotions, among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[851,360,78,382,560,279,269,101,66,89,312,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-biology","category-memory","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-parents-guardians","category-participation","category-professional-development","category-psychology","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-user-experience-ux","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90992,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90990\/revisions\/90992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}