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They also assist them to perceive and manage time, and to direct and manage their behaviour over time.\n\nIn [[ADHD]] brains the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls executive function, develops 30% slower, this translates to being about 3-6 years behind [[Neurotypical]] brains. Even once it has fully developed it is still impaired.\n\n## Response inhibition\n\n- Stops you from making circumstantially offensive decisions.\n- Stop you from making choices that interfere with your goals.\n\n## Working memory\n\n- Is for the short term storage and manipulation of information.\n\n## Set shifting\n\n- Is the ability to switch back and forward between different tasks.\n\n## Delay aversion\n\n- Makes you want things as soon as possible which results in preference for small immediate over large delayed rewards.\n\n## Cognitive flexibility\n\n- Helps us to sustain or shift attention in response to different demands or to apply different rules in different settings.\n\n> Is this actually about effort or an executive function issue?\n\n— Jessica McCabe in [What is Executive Function and Why Do We Need it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4YIHrEu-TU)\n\n<StillGrowing />\n"}},
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