Name a key executive function
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
working memory, cognitive flexibility (attention shifting), inhibitory control (or inhibition), metacognition
Other acceptable answers: direct or control attention, focus on a task, hold information during reasoning, retrieve information from long-term storage, monitor sequences of behavior, detect errors and make corrections, shift ongoing functions (to more urgent functions), selective attention
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