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

VOA: special.2011.03.09

"We realized pretty early on that it wasn't going to just be a marketing function, that there also needed to be a legal function involved with it.

VOA: special.2011.07.22

and a greater loss of lung function than men.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

"The point is this the growth of a country is a function of how many entrepreneurs they have,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

"They do not want the present administration to function,". "They want a Pakistan of their own vision.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

The first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context in a sentence, and the third lets us articulate the word by speaking.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

He says a primary function of the home is to give migrants a safe place to sleep and something to eat as well as to provide them with information about the dangerous journey ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01