Is executive function different from cognitive control? The results of an informal poll

It ended in a tie!Is executive function different from cognitive control?— sarcastic_f (@sarcastic_f)January 30, 2019Granted, this is a small and biased sample, and I don ' t have a large number of followers. The answers might have been different had@russpoldrack (Yes in a landslide) or@Neuro_Skeptic (n=12,458 plus 598 wacky write-in votes) posed the question.Before the poll I facetiously asked:Other hypothetical questions (that you don ' t need to answer) might include:Are you a clinical neuropsychologist? Do you use computational modeling in your work?1What is your age?Here, I was thinking:Clinical neuropsychologists would sayNoComputational researchers would sayYesOn average, older people would be more likely to sayNo than younger peopleAfter the poll I asked, “So what ARE the differences between executive function and cognitive control? Or are the terms arbitrary, and their usage a matter of context / subfield?”No one wanted to expound on the differences between the terms.2I answeredNo, because I think the terms are arbitrary, and their usage a matter of context and subfield. Not that Wikipedia is the ultimate authority, but I was amused to see this:Executive functionsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  (Redirected fromCognitive control)Executive functions (collectively referred to asexecutive function andcognitive control) are a set ofcognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control ofbehavior: selecting and successfully monitoring...
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