What is Executive Function - How it Relates to ADHD

The video discusses executive functioning, a set of cognitive skills crucial for planning, organizing, initiating actions, self-inhibition, self-monitoring, cognitive flexibility, and working memory. It highlights how ADHD affects these functions and the role of brain structures like the prefrontal cortex. The video also covers conditions that impair executive functioning and the impact of medications like Ritalin and Adderall.

How does cognitive flexibility relate to the ability to shift between tasks?

What is the significance of working memory in problem-solving and decision-making?

Discuss how conditions like depression or a traumatic brain injury can affect executive functioning.