"executive function" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: executive functions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} executive function (plural executive functions)
  1. (psychology) Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks. Wikipedia link: executive function Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms: executive control, cognitive control Translations (Translations): وَظِيفَة تَنْفِيذِيَّة (alt: waẓīfa(t) tanfīḏiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), toiminnanohjaus (Finnish), exekutive Funktion [feminine] (German), исполни́тельная фу́нкция (ispolnítelʹnaja fúnkcija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-executive_function-en-noun-E5DtXfmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Inflected forms

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