The Eight Executive Functions That Are Deficient in Your Brain

The key executive functions are these eight skills, and we'll just go into them very briefly. They include impulse control, emotional control, flexible thinking, working memory, self monitoring, planning and prioritizing. Each of those 8 skills is crucial to you being someone who can self monitor, self regulate, and essentially be the bross of your own brain and your own life. Doctor hallowell describes the eight h d brain as a ferrari engine with bicycle brakes.