Executive Functions

Being Smarter About IQ

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Memory, Concentration, Iq, Psychology, Brain, Learning, Frontal Lobes, Problem Solving, Fluid Intelligence, Executive Functions, College News
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Are we still debating whether IQ is fixed or whether it is malleable and can be pushed around? Are we still fighting the nature versus nurture battle? We thought this had been resolved ages ago. In fact, 30 years ago.

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Executive Function Skills Are Essential to America's Present and Future

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Families and Work Institute, Mind in the Making, Early Child Development, Executive Functions, Adele Diamond, Cecilia Rouse, Video, Education News
Ellen Galinsky

As we learn more about executive function skills and as we begin to promote them, it is clear that we can make progress on some of America's more enduring challenges.

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Ready for School? Executive Function = Success

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Social-Emotional-Learning, Parents-Back-to-School, Mindful-Education, The Inner Life, Mindfulness, Executive Functions, Education, Parents News
Susan Kaiser Greenland

The term "Executive Function" may sound more relevant to business school than elementary school, yet it's crucial to your child's social and emotional development.

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Revealed: The Secret To Long Life And Happiness

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leslie R. Martin, Optimism, Cognitive Epidemiology, Howard S. Friedman, Lewis Terman, Long Life, Exercise, Executive Functions, Happiness Study, Long Life Study, Happiness Advice, Optimism Study, Happiness Tips, Finding Happiness, Long Life Tips, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Researchers found that personality and social relations in childhood significantly predicted risk of mortality many years later. The findings were not what you may expect, though.

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7 Brain Teasers to Ace Job Interviews

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Accenture, Microsoft, Mckinsey, Elkhonon Goldberg, Economy, Brain Teasers, Jobs, Boston Consulting Group, Job Interviews, Job Search, Executive Functions, Amazon, Logic, Google, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

A recent CNN article explains well why a growing number of companies use brainteasers and logic puzzles of a type called "guesstimations" during job i...

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