The Frontal Lobes and the Hippocampus

Question 1

Damage to ________ produces the inability to employ intention (goals) to modulate attention (task at hand)

Answer 1

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC)

Question 2

dues to Lesions of the DLPFC ). Patients’ failure to switch attention appropriately gives rise to______ ,

Answer 2

perseveration

Question 3

Lesions in DLPFC can cause the lack of internally generated goal direction, which results in an undue requirement for environmental cues to accomplish tasks, a problem known as _______

Answer 3

environmental dependency.

Question 4

______ injured patients never develop this physiologic reaction to an impending punishment.

Answer 4

Ventromedial (or Orbitofrontal) Prefrontal Cortex: {VMPFC}

Question 5

The term abulia, or lack of will, is seen with lesions of the ________. Patients can be completely akinetic and mute in some cases.

Answer 5

anterior cingulate

Question 6

hippocampal formation is a broad term that includes three regions:

Answer 6

a) the dentate gyrus
b) the hippocampus (also known as Ammon’s Horn or cornu ammonis)
c) the subiculum..