Lecture 10

Question 1

What is concrete thinking?

Answer 1

Thinking based on reason and current sensation

Question 2

What is abstract thinking?

Answer 2

Thinking about concepts not directly related to current experiences

Question 3

What is Ravens progressive matrices?

Answer 3

Finish pattern, not constrained by language

Question 4

What are the three types of Ravens progressive matrices?

Answer 4

Match, figural and analytical (most abstract)

Question 5

Which of the three types of Ravens progressive matrices had the most dorsolateral activation?

Answer 5

Analytical

Question 6

What are rule cells?

Answer 6

Cells in the dorsolateral PFC firing depending on what rule you’re using in a test

Question 7

Which part of the PFC is more concrete/abstract?

Answer 7

Posterior = concrete, as moves anterior becomes more and more abstract

Question 8

With more rules/abstraction which part of the PFC is activated?

Answer 8

Anterior

Question 9

What is the role of the dorsolateral PFC according to Firth?

Answer 9

To make a list of responses and bias these so select the right one

Question 10

How does PFC damage effect creativity/atypical thinking?

Answer 10

Improves it

Question 11

What is frontal lobe syndrome?

Answer 11

Any damage to frontal lobe - cognitive impairments, emotional changes and behavioural deficits

Question 12

What is Balint syndrome?

Answer 12

Can only focus on one object even when two are present