executive function

American  

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv fuhngk-shuhn] / ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪv ˈfʌŋk ʃən /

Also executive functioning

noun

1. a set of cognitive skills used to control one’s thoughts and behavior, especially the skills needed to focus on and organize tasks.

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Etymology

Origin of executive function

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Compared with children who attended non-Montessori programs, Montessori students performed better in reading, memory, and executive function.

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By the end of kindergarten, children who were randomly selected through a lottery to attend Montessori preschools outperformed their peers in reading, executive function, short-term memory, and social understanding.

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An international team of more than 35 scientists from some of the world’s leading institutions have published new research showing “proof of principle” that advanced Alzheimer’s disease — often characterized not only by the loss of memory and executive function, but of one’s actual personality — could be “reversible.”

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"We wanted to know if blinking was impacted by environmental factors and how it related to executive function," says lead author Pénélope Coupal, an Honours student at the Laboratory for Hearing and Cognition.

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While the randomized trial didn’t show major differences in cognitive scores between treatment and placebo groups, participants who took NR for at least 10 weeks reported improvements in fatigue, sleep, mood, and some executive function tasks.

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