This is what we call "executive function". It's like the air traffic controller functions of life: the ability to prioritize, not get distracted, make a plan, negotiate, get along with others, and manage emotions.
As my daughter has gotten older, I have transitioned out of my role as the air traffic controller of her life.
The brain processes every experience you have, and it must function well in order for the real controller of your life -- the mind -- to make its best intentions known.
I learned in Asia that ideologies and political parties are not anymore the controllers of political life.
I think we can make this claim in a way that is both scriptural and christocentric — and thus rooted in the particular, concrete history of God's economic activity, rather than in some abstract notion of God as the Controller of all created life.
Mathematical modelling and simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller with real life parameters of an experimentally validated AUV, designed and developed for 150 m depth of operation at sea.
The sound goes hollow, as if you're listening through a long tube, the controller vibrates, and you know that you have only a moment of life left.
But in others, where you're not being asked to think about the meaning of life, it could be beneficial, such as an air traffic controller, for example.
"He has been an outstanding controller of BBC Radio 4 and I wish him well in his move to academic life at Oxford".
Before the series began, Five's controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, said the aim of the show was to reflect "real farm life.
