Executive Functions: The Quirks Behind Control

Psychology Today | 15.01.2026 04:19
Those who study the brain or treat patients (or both) talk a lot about executive functioning, often in the negative. We refer to “poor executive functioning,” “executive dysfunction,” “frontal lobe systems dysfunction,” and similar issues as cognitive deficits to be resolved. There’s another aspect to executive function that needs to be considered, however, and that is intentionality.