E3 Chapter 12: Cognitive Control Flashcards
Exam 3
Psychological processes that
enable us to use our perceptions, knowledge, and goals to bias the
selection of action and thoughts from a multitude of possibilities.
Cognitive Control (executive)
requires the coordination of a complex set of
actions that may unfold over an extended period.
Goal-oriented behavior
What are the 4 primary areas of the prefrontal cortex?
- Lateral prefrontal cortex
- Frontal pole
- Orbitofrontal cortex
- Medial frontal cortex
What three PFC areas play a role in goal-oriented behavior?
- LPFC
- OFC
- FP
What PFC area plays a large role in guiding and monitoring behavior?
MFC
What is a tendency to reply the same even when told incorrect?
Perseveration
Perseveration, lack of apathy, inability to follow directions/rules, disregard social convention are all symptoms of
Frontal lobe lesion
The main point of the 3 frontal lesion patients in a shopping center experiment was
All 3 became embroiled in social complications
The hammer and picture frame experiment proved that
frontal lobe patients can enact in stimulus-driven but not goal-driven activity
Humans with FL lesions hammered the nail into the wall, even when not told to. This showed a behavior called
utilization behavior
Researchers asked whether the cognitive control changes that occur
in cocaine users would also manifest in the lab using a
Go/No-go task
Patients were told to hit a button every time that a letter was repeated. This was called
Go/No-go
Based on the assessment of an expected
reward or value and the knowledge that there is a causal link between
the action and the reward
Goal-oriented behavior
an action that is no longer under the control of a
reward, but is stimulus-driven; as such, we can consider it automatic.
Habit
____________ is critical when behavior is not exclusively stimulus
driven.
Working memory
PFC lesions do not disrupt
Associative memory task
Place food in bowl and cover with a red cloth (and non-food bowl with green). Monkey has to decide which color had food in it
Associative memory task
Shown a letter, then remove the letter, then add stimulus
Delayed-response task
What cells are active in the central fixation experiment ?
Perifrontal and parietal
Staring at a central point, light flashes in periphery; continue staring until hear a beep and then look where the light WAS
Central fixation experiment
Cells in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex quickly modify the
responses of the
Basal ganglia