executive function

Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks.

Noun

  1. Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks.

    Synonyms: executive control cognitive control

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see executive, function.

Forms

executive functions

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