The executive function skill (EF skill) I am focusing in this post is task initiation, which is the ability to get started on various tasks (Mutti-Driscoll, 2024). As a reminder, EF skills are ...

As I type this, a little gray message keeps popping up. “Help me write,” it offers whenever I pause for a certain length of time. It makes me chuckle, because writing is my job, and then grumble. I ...

So you've been assigned to write an essay. You know you'll be spending the next few weeks of your life with this sort of hanging over your head; you'll do a lot of writing and asking yourself "What on ...