Cognitive Control

Question 1

In budgeting tasks, people with frontal lobe lesions suggest what type of solutions

Answer 1

Unrealistic ones - they understand the goal put have problems with planning and action

Question 2

In a stroop test, what type of cognitive control is being used

Answer 2

Dynamic filtering between relevant and irrelevant information

Question 3

In a noun association task, explain high and low filtering

Answer 3

High-low filtering is the degree of difficulty in making associations and the more difficult the task, the more activation in the PFC

Question 4

What region is important in understanding the task goal

Answer 4

Lateral PFC

Question 5

What region is important in monitoring the goal

Answer 5

Medial PFC

Question 6

In a stroop test, what region differentiates the colours

Answer 6

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Question 7

In a stroop test, what region inhibits the incorrect response

Answer 7

Anterior cingulate cortex