mental processes
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Psychologists often use the task to measure what is known as executive control, a set of mental processes that helps people regulate attention, resist distractions, and stay focused on goals.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
My executive function, the set of mental processes that help order the day-to-day — like organization, working memory, time management and focus — was in shambles.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
On the face of it, he is perhaps more a middle-class loner, and his apparent normality suggests a crime triggered by internalised mental processes, rather than by peer-driven association or emulation.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
Proponents of cognitive liberty argue broadly for the need to protect individuals from having their mental processes manipulated or monitored without their consent.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
As if a peculiar and malign abstractness pervaded their mental processes.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
