Week 11 (How do we decide what to do and when)

Question 1

What does the frontal lobe consist of?

Answer 1

Primary motor cortex
-Movement control

Premotor areas
-Planning/guidance of movement

-Executive control
-Attention
-Working memory
-Top-down control

Question 2

What is the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 2

-Most anterior portion of the frontal lobe
-Essential role in the organisation and control of goal-directed thought and behaviour.

Question 3

Prefrontal lesions

Answer 3

-Persistent strange apathy, broken by bouts of euphoria
-Ordinary social conventions are readily cast aside by impulsive behaviour
-Forgetfulness in tasks requiring sustained attention
-No major change in standard IQ tests.

Question 4

What are the executive functions

Answer 4

-Inhibition
-Updating/Working memory
-Shifting/Cognitive flexibility