Definitions for "Executive Functions"
Aspects of cognition that relate to an internal supervisor who directs a child's thinking, establishes goals and organizes problem-solving strategies.
Planning, prioritizing, sequencing, selfmonitoring, self-correcting, inhibiting, initiating, controlling or altering behavior.
Planning, prioritzing, sequencing, self-monitoring, self-correcting, inhibiting, initiating, controlling or altering behaviour.
the capacities necessary to formulate, plan and carry out plans effectively. These functions are essential for independent, creative and socially constructive behavior.
The ability to oversee or carry out the performance of something.