What are executive (or, frontal lobe) skills and what can affect their function?
The frontal lobes can be thought of as the most advanced part of the human brain. In simple terms, they are largely responsible for differentiating people from the so-called ‘lower order’ of animals, such as alligators, horses, cats or guinea pigs. Most animals are limited to acting through little more than instinct and reflex. The ability to think, create novel ideas and products, develop insight and self-awareness, and function in more abstract ways such as through sense of morality or law, are all frontal lobe skills.
