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Don’t judge yourself too harshly. If you’ve had trouble with executive functioning, it can be easy to blame yourself — especially if other people are continually suggesting that you fall short.

Speaking more than one language may benefit children’s executive function — especially those with autism spectrum disorder, a recent analysis suggests. The study, published in Autism Research ...

Study: Multilingualism impacts children's executive function and core autism symptoms. Image Credit: Sergey Novikov/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in the journal Autism Research ...

"Children participating in team sports at ages 10 and 11 years consistently exhibited superior executive function compared with participants in individual sports," Yang and colleagues reported.

Additionally, the researchers evaluated the children’s executive function during a home visit at age 5.5 years. On average, 3.5-year-olds spent an average of 3.5 hours per day using screens.