Objective To study prefrontal executive control function in depressed patients.

目的研究抑郁症患者前额叶执行控制功能。

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And the answer,she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention -- a function called the executive control system.

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Children with good "executive function" skills, including self-control and the ability to focus on tasks, tend to be more skillful liars, Dr. Talwar says.

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In an as yet unpublished study, Dr. Black and colleagues found that 26 compulsive shoppers had similar executive function (the ability to plan, organize, reason and anticipate consequences) as 32 control subjects.

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