Week 2

Question 1

What is Brodmann Area? BA10

Answer 1

Brain area for mentalising = inferring behavior of others, by their states
person perception - long term disposition of others, such as “are they dependable”
self-perception - long term disposition of self “Are you talkative?”

Frith, 2007

Question 2

What other names is BA10 known as?

Answer 2

Frontal Polar Cortex
Anterior Rostral Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Question 3

What is Frontotemporal Dementia?

Answer 3

Dementia or neurodegeneration causes tissue loss in the right anterior temporal lobe, which can lead to inappropriate social behavior.

Question 4

Ventral medial prefrontal cortex. What may happen to it, and what impact will it have for patients?

Answer 4

When damaged, loss of tissue, shrinks, then it may lead to inappropriate social behavior.

Question 5

What is the Price Drevets model?

Answer 5

It is one of the most advanced neuroanatomical models of affective disorders.
Medial Frontal Cortex connection to subcortical areas.

Question 6

What is a limitation of the Price Drevets model

Answer 6

It only includes the medial frontal cortex activating when thinking about the self.
Studies with fMRI show that it also activates when t thinking about others.

Question 7

What is still very unclear about Affective Disorders and neuroanatomy?

Answer 7

There is agreement that AD is a network condition.
However, the details and the specificity of the disruption (per disorder) are also unclear.