Exam 11: Executive Function and Higher-Order Thinking

The _________ portions of the prefrontal cortex are centrally involved in representation of the self and understanding others, such as required for empathy..

Interoceptive information is processed in the insula and is believed to be linked to which of the following:

Which area has been implicated as being particularly important for abandoning current strategy and trying a new one, consistent with its role in processing novelty?

Which activity do individuals with frontal lobe damage often have problems with?

Someone who has sustained damage to their prefrontal cortex would have the most pronounced deficits in what type of task:

Which of the following statements is not true regarding error-related negativity (ERN) and the error positivity (Pe)

Sandrine is completing a task where she must respond with her left hand when a blue light appears and withhold responses when a red light appears.When these rules are reversed she has a lot of difficulty completing this task.What area of her brain would most likely be damaged relating to these difficulties?

The dorsolateral plays a prominent role in many aspects of executive function because it supports which other cognitive function?

Someone with damage to the left frontal cortex would show the most pronounced deficits in which of the following areas?

Someone who has frontal lobe damage would exhibit all of the following except:

David has the urge for a cup of coffee.However, he has to decide whether we wants that cup of coffee enough to get up and walk the 8 blocks to the coffee shop to get it.Which brain region is likely to be involved in making that calculation?

This task would be used to assess someone's ability to plan and sequence their behaviors:

The Stroop task and the Go/No-Go task both require the following:

Research on various tasks requiring executive control have found which of the following to be true:

Which area of the frontal lobe brain is most prominently involved in self-monitoring and evaluation of actions?

Nadine is playing a video game and she mistakenly presses the wrong button during a fighting match.Her __________ is selectively activated relative to baseline because of this error. A.Amygdala B.Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex C.Orbitofrontal cortex D.Anterior cingulate cortex

Which of the following is not true about task switching?

According to theories of frontal lobe function, they contribute prominently to behaviour under all of the following conditions except ___________?

Adaptive behavior requires self-monitoring of performance during task engagement.Which of the following neural signals allows for behavioral adjustment and performance feedback:

One prominent model of executive function argues that there is a nested hierarchy of control from ______ to _____ portions of frontal cortex, with the most _____ regions being influenced by the most immediate aspects of a situation and more ______ regions by the larger context.Identify which words are missing from this statement.