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Executive Capacity Expansion

Meaning

Executive capacity expansion is the clinical and neurobiological objective of systematically enhancing the core set of cognitive processes responsible for goal-directed behavior, planning, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. This expansion represents an increase in the brain’s functional reserve and efficiency, allowing for superior performance in complex, demanding tasks and rapid adaptation to novel challenges. It moves beyond merely preventing decline to actively augmenting the brain’s highest-level control system. Achieving this state requires optimizing the neurochemical and structural integrity of the prefrontal cortex.