Frontal Lobe and executive function

Question 1

What are the executive functions of the frontal cortex?

Answer 1

goal setting, inhibition, monitoring, updating and task switching

Question 2

What roles do the orbitofrontal (a.k.a ventromedial) and frontal pole play in executive function?

Answer 2

involved in planning goals and achieving results towards your goals

Question 3

What role does the lateral prefrontal cortex play in executive function?

Answer 3

working memory (i.e., obtaining informatio that you could manipulate and use to achieve your goals)

Question 4

What role does the medial frontal lobe play in executive function?

Answer 4

monitors progress towards your goals and maintains attention.

Question 5

What areas on the lateral surface of the brain are involved in cognitive control?

Answer 5

lateral prefrontal cortex; orbitofrontal cortex; pre motor area; primary motor cortex; frontal pole

Question 6

What areas on the medial surface of the brain are invovled in cognitive control?

Answer 6

medial frontal cortex; orbitofrontal cortex; premotor area; primary motor cortex; frontal pole

Question 7

Apart from its executive functions, the frontal cortex is responsible for

Answer 7

where and what we focus on, allocating resources and time towards what we focus on, source memory, working memory, personality and social cognition, and motor control

Question 8

What parts of the frontal cortex are responsible for inhibition?

Answer 8

cingulate gyrus (BA 23 and 24) and medial superior (BA 9 and 32)

Question 9

What part of the frontal cortex is responsible for both theory of mind and source memory?

Answer 9

Medial frontal (BA 32 and 33)

Question 10

What part of the frontal cortex is responsible for phonological loop rehearsal, syntax, and the conversion of phonology to phonetics?

Answer 10

Broca’s area and pre-motor area

Question 11

What part of the frontal cortex is responsible for recency (an aspect of S.T.M.) and the episodic buffer?

Answer 11

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Question 12

What part of the frontal cortex is responsible for social interactions (i.e., pragmatics) and emotional control?

Answer 12

cingulate gyrus and ventromedial and orbitofrontal areas

Question 13

The frontal lobe is linked to the following areas:

Answer 13

sensory association areas, limbic system (can override executive functions), basal ganglia, and thalamus

Question 14

Regarding executive functions, working memory is responsible for

Answer 14

providing information that helps us achieve our goals and is involved in sequencing

Question 15

Source memory is in which part of the brain?

Answer 15

prefrontal cortex

Question 16

Item memory is in which part of the brain?

Answer 16

medial temporal lobe

Question 17

What part of the brain is responsible for the attention aspect of executive function?

Answer 17

anterior cingulate gyrus

Question 18

When someone daydreams, then the dorsomedial PFC is _______

Answer 18

active

Question 19

When someone is focused on a goal, then the dorsomedial PFC is _______.

Answer 19

Not as active