Damage/syndromes

Question 1

Connectivity

Answer 1

Key for PFC to carry out executive functions. All connections support different functions

Question 2

Prefrontal damage

Answer 2

Typically leaves perceptual, language, motor etc intact (normal in first appearance).

Very complex, mostly impairments in forming, updating and implementing rules for appropriate/effective behaviour.

Question 3

Dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 3

After lateral PFC damage, don’t plan for the future, begin new project or set long-term goals. Short attention and unable to understand own actions

Question 4

Disinhibition syndrome

Answer 4

Ventral and medial PFC damage. Unproductive movement and overly expressive. Laugh inappropriate times, overshare and manic.

Question 5

Posterior frontal lobe regios

Answer 5

Motor behaviour
Developed early
Simple functions
Match behaviour to stimuli

Question 6

Anterior frontal lobe regions

Answer 6

Reasoning and mental simulation
Developed late in live
Complex functions
Higher-order goals