Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...

In today’s fast-paced and demanding world, high-functioning men and women often find themselves grappling with mental health issues. Despite their apparent success and ability to manage multiple ...

Many people are plagued by executive functioning issues. It is not uncommon. Such problems can grind away at self-esteem and the confidence of being an agent in your own life. Simply put, executive ...

Being a high-functioning person can often feel like invincibility. Here are three symptoms that prove even the most productive ones aren’t immune to burnout. High-functioning people often look like ...

I hold my planner like a life book. It's dazzled with color-coded words, stickers, notes, symbols, and doodles. One might think it's all for fun. In truth, it's all quite necessary. It's my executive ...

Executive function is the mechanism by which our brains manage and prioritize our thoughts, working memory, emotions and actions; Harvard researchers call it our brain’s air traffic control system.

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University's Vagelos College of ...