PSYC 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Executive Functions, Mind Stream, Anterior Communicating Artery
25 Feb 2016
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Ep coordinate mental activity so goal is achieved. Modulates operation of other processes (modulate = to guide or modify); dont actually carry out activities. 1. selective a. (executive/sustained a) act on contents of wm; directs future mental activity to achieve goal (driver focuses on traffic signs to take correct exit) 2. switching a switching 1 activity (conversation and driving) 3. inhibiting perceived info (ignore music when driving & traffics. Scheduling sequence of activities planning order activities heavy) carried out to achieve goal speed limit while driving) Perf monitoring review perf to ensure acceptability (checking. Frontal executive hypothesis (feh): ep mediated by pfc. Pfc anterior to motor c (for some premotor cortex lateral area 6. Pfc: dorsolateral pfc (9, 46), anterior cingulate, brocas, medial and orbital regions of fl. Pfc: network-links motor, perceptual, limbic (emotion network) Limbic s: amygdala, cingulate gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex and parts of basal ganglia. Fl separated from parietal lobes-central sulcus- and from temporal lobes by lateral sulcus.
