Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in Executive Function.
- Attention (Attentional processing, Selective attention)
- The cognitive process of selectively focusing on relevant stimuli while filtering out competing information. Cognitive neuroscience typically decomposes attention into three networks: alerting (mainta…
- Demand Avoidance (Pathological Demand Avoidance, PDA, Persistent Drive for Autonomy)
- An inner resistance to perceived demands — even self-imposed ones — that can lead to inability to start, change, or complete tasks. Demand avoidance is associated with an autism profile sometimes call…
- Self-Motivation
- Self-motivation is the internal capacity to initiate and sustain tasks without relying on external rewards or pressure. In accessibility contexts, self-motivation is relevant to executive function and…
- Time Blindness (Diminished time awareness)
- A reduced or unreliable awareness of the passage of time, commonly associated with ADHD and related executive-function differences. People experiencing time blindness may struggle to estimate how long…