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Ep. 3: Russell Barkley, Ph.D. - Training, Learning, & the ADHD Brain

Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function

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How to Offload Working Memory to Better Control Yourself

The executive system is where we hold information in mind that is guiding us both visual information and self speech or verbal information. In people with executive deficits working memory isn't working very well, so what I tell people is to offload that memory. The third thing you have to do is make time real, make it physical,. And then of course we talk about learning to alter your emotions by using your executive functions as part of cognitive behavioral therapy.

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