Welcome back. We will start Part 3 with an example of how EF works keeping the domains or brain circuits mentioned at the end of Part 2 in mind. This will be a longer post than most so grab a cup of coffee. Dr. Barkley essentially says that at its heart Executive Function is about affect […]
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Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 3)
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September 26, 2023
Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 2)
Welcome back. In Part 1 we stopped just before taking a look at the four main domains or brain circuits of EF or Executive Function. I’m pulling this information from a great YouTube series that Dr. Barkley has created on the connection between EF and ADHD or attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.[1] Dr. Barkley is […]
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September 17, 2023
Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 1)
As many of you know in my first career I was a geologist. I worked for a major oil company in the 1980s. I am very fortunate in that over the years I have stayed in contact with several geology colleagues from both my days as a masters student in geology as well as from […]
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August 17, 2023
Addendum—Developing a Picture of the “Amazing Teen Brain”
As I was finishing up the previous post I flashed on an article that I read a number of years ago on The Amazing Teen Brain, which happens to be the title to Jay Giedd’s 2015 paper that appeared on the web site ScientificAmerican.com in June. Dr. Giedd is a professor at UC Santa Barbara […]
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Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 4)
Welcome back. Thanks for making it to the finish line. At the end of Part 3 we looked at the question Are professors, and teachers, and police, and first responders, and even bus drivers taking on the responsibility of therapeutic scaffolding without knowing or being fully prepared for it? I said that I did not […]
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