Other executive function tests use rating scales. These tests are based on parents’ and teachers’ observations of a child’s behaviors. Adults can use these tests, too.

SAN DIEGO — Cognitive reserve acted as a protective factor that preserved executive function in older adults with benefits mitigated by depression level, according to a presentation at the ...

Executive function is a collection of cognitive skills essential to human life, but psychologists now say our tests contain cultural biases.

Testing included memory tasks that involved retrieving a 10-word list over a two-minute span and again after a delay, an executive function assessment that required naming multiple animals within ...