This area controls what are known as " executive function" tasks.

这个区域控制" 执行功能" 任务。

Executive function includes working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control.

执行功能包括工作记忆、灵活思维和自我控制。

Your stress hormones rise and stay there, your executive function in the prefrontal cortex declines.

你的应激激素会升高并且居高不下，你的前额叶皮质的执行控制能力会下降。

In the brain, we see that bilinguals are showing different activity during executive function tasks.

在大脑中，我们看到双语者在执行功能任务时显示出不同的活动状态。

And executive functions are the mental skills involved in doing things like problem solving and planning.

控制功能是指解决问题、制定计划等脑力劳动能力。

Executive function is a term for the skills one needs to plan, organize, motivate, concentrate, and memorize.

执行功能是指计划、组织、激励、集中注意力和记忆所需的技能。

And that's very important because this is the site, the center, of the executive functions of the brain.

这是非常重要的, 因为这是中枢, 中心, 大脑的执行功能场所。

She was not part of the research, and warned people against making a link between executive function and intelligence.

她并未参与这项研究，她警告人们不要在执行功能与智力之间建立联系。

Generally, we get a little bit worse at processing incoming information, and our executive function gets a little worse.

一般来说，我们处理传入信息的能力会变差，我们的执行功能也会变差。

The writers suggested a link between body mass index, brain development and " executive functions, such as working memory" .

作者认为，体重指数、大脑发育与" 工作记忆等执行功能" 之间存在联系。

Key words executive function, emotional competence, language.

关键词 执行功能、情感能力、语言。

So the better your executive function abilities are, the better that your academic abilities seem to be during the school years.

所以你的执行能力越好，在学校学习期间你的学业能力似乎也会越好。

People with ADHD struggle with a set of skills called executive function that are needed to stay organized and complete tasks.

患有 ADHD 的人在一套被称为执行功能的技能上面临着困难，这些技能是保持组织和完成任务所必需的。

Primarily this is in the executive functioning part of the brain in the hippocampus.

主要是在海马体的执行功能部分。

For example, brain centers that process memory, brain centers that process executive function are particularly vulnerable.

例如，处理记忆的大脑中枢、处理执行功能的大脑中枢特别脆弱。

Almost 250 years later, this is still how the executive branch functions, though today's cabinet is made up of 25 members, instead of four.

近250年过去了，这仍然是行政部门的运作方式，尽管今天的内阁由25名成员组成，而不是4名。

(Laughter) SB: So it's really compelling, and it's really obvious when she fails to use her executive function.

（笑声） SB：所以这真的很引人注目，而且当她未能使用她的执行功能时， 它真的很明显。

It's not that these kids had good executive function or bad, it's that the context helped them use it better.

这并不是说这些孩子的执行功能好坏，而是环境帮助他们更好地使用它。

Executive function is really complex, and it's shaped by numerous factors.

执行功能真的很复杂，它受到许多因素的影响。

That way you'll be more motivated to use executive function.

这样你就会更有动力使用执行功能。