executive function
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English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]executive function (plural executive functions )
- (psychology ) Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks.
- Synonyms: executive control , cognitive control
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see executive , function .
Translations
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- Arabic: وَظِيفَة تَنْفِيذِيَّة f (waẓīfa(t) tanfīḏiyya)
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- Finnish: toiminnanohjaus
- German: exekutive Funktion f
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- Russian: исполни́тельная фу́нкция f (ispolnítelʹnaja fúnkcija)
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