"executive function" meaning in English

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        "Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
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          "process",
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        [
          "enable",
          "enable"
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          "expend",
          "expend"
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          "willpower",
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          "task",
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        "(psychology) Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
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          "roman": "zhíxíng gōngnéng",
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          "word": "exekutive Funktion"
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