01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Stroop Effect, Divergent Thinking, Inhibitory Control Test
24 Jun 2016
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Complex processes by which an individual optimizes his or her performance in a situation that requires the operation of a number of cognitive processes (baddeley, Associated with the pre-frontal cortex, but not clear if all executive functions can be localized in this region. This is not as localized as in occipital lobe. Frontal lobe is the boardroom in which complex decisions are made. Reminder: areas based on oribito or orbito frontal cortex. Dorsolateral pfc is a big area and it carries out a lot of functions. Is in charge of working memory (what just happened? as well as what you need to retrieve) More dorsal areas of the brain is in charge of manipulation. The more ventral: more for activating and retrieving and maintaining focus. Left hemisphere has more to do with linguistic information. Right has to do with visual or spatial information.
