Executive Function
8 terms
Chunking
Breaking information or tasks into smaller, meaningful units to make them easier to process and complete.
Context Switching
The performance and energy cost of rapidly changing tasks, tools, or mental sets.
Decision Fatigue
Reduced decision quality and increased avoidance after many choices or prolonged demands.
Task Initiation
The ability to start a task without unnecessary delay.
Task Paralysis
Feeling unable to start a task despite wanting or needing to, often linked to ADHD and executive dysfunction.
Time Blindness
Time blindness is the difficulty sensing how much time has passed or accurately estimating how long tasks will take, making it hard to manage schedules and deadlines.
Transition Difficulty
Struggles moving from one activity, environment, or mindset to another.
Working Memory Deficit
Challenges holding and manipulating information over seconds/minutes to guide action.