executive function

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

   exekutive Funktion

   исполни́тельная фу́нкцияispolnítelʹnaja fúnkcija

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

1. Tom has poor executive function.

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2. Mass shootings require a high amount of executive function to plan and execute.

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3. Mentally ill people lack the executive function to plan and carry out mass shootings.

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