{"id":141621,"date":"2022-07-03T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/how-your-brains-executive-function-works-and-how-to-improve-it-sabine-doebel"},"modified":"2022-07-03T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:23:10","slug":"how-your-brains-executive-function-works-and-how-to-improve-it-sabine-doebel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/how-your-brains-executive-function-works-and-how-to-improve-it-sabine-doebel","title":{"rendered":"How your brain\u2019s executive function works \u2014 and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How your brain&#039;s executive function works -- and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAC-5hTK-4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You use your brain\u2019s executive function every day \u2014 it\u2019s how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel explores the factors that affect executive function \u2014 and how you can use it to break bad habits and achieve your goals.<\/p>\n<p>Get TED Talks recommended just for you!<\/p>\n<p>The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world\u2019s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design \u2014 plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You\u2019re welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request here: <a href=\"https:\/\/media-requests.ted.com\/\">https:\/\/media-requests.ted.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow TED on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TEDTalks\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TEDTalks<\/a>.<br \/> Like TED on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TED\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TED<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You use your brain\u2019s executive function every day \u2014 it\u2019s how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel explores the factors that affect executive function \u2014 and how you can [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1509,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-entertainment","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}