Brain Area functions

Question 1

Amygdala

Answer 1

Processes negative emotions, particularly fear / helps regulate negative emotions

Question 2

Prefrontal cortex (PFC)

Answer 2

Planning, decision making, personality (like the central executive).

Question 3

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)

Answer 3

Abstract thinking about yourself - metarepresentation (imaging yourself in the future/in different contexts) which helps with decision making.

Question 4

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Answer 4

Controls impulses

Question 5

Hippocampus

Answer 5

Short term memory, especially the episodic buffer.

Question 6

Anterior cingulate cortex

Answer 6

Filter out unwanted or unnecessary things.