Neurophysiology - Circuitry Flashcards
Executive Functions (4)
Group of cognitive operations supported by overlapping neural networks, essential for managing information and oneself.
- Attention
- Working memory
- Self control
- Response inhibition (inhibitory control)
Areas related to inhibitory control
Cingulate, prefrontal, parietal and temporal areas. Including: PFC (dlPFC), dACC, right amygdala/hippocampus(AM/HPC), precuneus(parietal lobe), right anterior insula(r aINS) with the right hemisphere as more dominant.
Categories of Attention (5)
Alertness
Sustained attention
Vigilance
Selective and divided attention
Visuospatial selective attention
Categories of Attention - Alertness
Level of phasic arousal. Ability to notice changes in environment despite doing something.
Categories of Attention - Sustained Attention
Long term signal search. Ability to pay attention and be focused.
Categories of Attention - Vigilance
Long term monotone visual search. Ability to follow a signal and notice change (visual usually).
Categories of Attention - Selective and Divided Attention
Selecting and dividing the attentional focus between variable targets (dual task). Ability to do(not focus) more than one thing at a time.
Skill lost in aCC damage.
Categories of Attention - Visuospatial Selective Attention
Spatial variation of focus, without losing memory (WM) of the already searched space. Shifting focus to analyze, then going back.
Attention Control (6)
Intraparietal sulcus (IPS)
Frontal Eye Field (FEF)
Posterior inferior Parietal Cortex (piPC)
Hippocampus (HPC)
Amygdala (AM)
Supplementary Motor Area (SMA)
Attention Control - Intraparietal Sulcus
Bilateral
Orientation of target relative position in environment. Creates maps to make info relevant.
Attention Control - Frontal Eye Field
Bilateral.
aCC(left) - dlPFC(right) - dmPFC
Goal-directed focus. Detects things relevant to achieving goals.
Attention Control - Posterior Inferior Parietal Cortex
Right.
Shift of attention to novelty(something new) in the environment.
Attention Control - Hippocampus
Left.
Episodic memory. Description of how things are.
(right side engaged in memory of the space).
Attention Control - Amygdala
Bilateral.
Detection of threats.
Attention Control - Supplementary Motor Area
Right.
Assist in the detection of novelty input received from IPS. What environment am I operating in.