BCS 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Doughnut, Stroop Effect, Episodic Memory
27 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Prefrontal cortex:
Personality, morality, planning, attention, working memory, task
flexibility, intelligence; regulates these things, including strength
of emotions (including fear and anxiety, etc)
Non motor areas, granular frontal cortex, projection zone of
dorsal-medial nucleus of thalamus (DM) - information
to/from PFC (selective attention, enhanced responses for
relevant stimuli, suppressed for distracting stim.)
DLPFC
- Inputs and where pathways out of sensory cortices
- Switching gears
- goal processing
- plans of action
- STM - info from MTL
- Form “memories of the future”
- conscientiousness
- Receives input from PPAC - attention controller
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
- damage = “mini you” isn’t working well; perseverative behavior,
field-dependent behavior, mental rigidity, flat affect
VLPFC
- What pathways from sensory cortices.
- Semantic and episodic info to be used in STM
- outputs to M2
- STM - info from MTL
- form “memories of the future”
APFC
--
DMPFC
neuroticism
VMPFC/
OFC
- Extroversion
- explicit making of moral right and wrong judgements (after
intuitive reactions w moral issues from temporo-parietal
junction - TPJ)
- receives input from vaCC about how currently feeling; projects
to DLPFAC
- Damage = “adult center” damaged; disinhibition -- euphoria or
rage; instant gratification
- Davis explanation: “the TPJ vs the VMPFC ... the former is for
thinking, the latter for action. That is, for example, if you spot a (lonely)
donut hole on a plate in the middle of a table, then you are confronted
with a moral dilemma ... to take it, or not to take it. The TPJ will
consider the options ... to wit, it is just one small donut hole and no-one
is around so no one else wants it, so why not take it ... or , it will exhibit
empathy and consider the other ... that is, how would I feel if someone
ate my last donut hole when I was away from the table only for a
moment. The VMPFC makes the decision ... (what did you decide?!) Is
this clear?”
Cingulate Cortex:
Part of limbic system
vaCC
Emotion monitoring - inputs to VMPFAC
daCC
Activity monitoring; signals need for adjustment
Stroop task - colors and words
(general)
aCC
Intelligence with communication efficiency with DLPFC,
parietal lobe, and other areas
- Mirror neurons for action understanding and empathy
Episodic memory
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Document Summary
Personality, morality, planning, attention, working memory, task flexibility, intelligence; regulates these things, including strength of emotions (including fear and anxiety, etc) Non motor areas, granular frontal cortex, projection zone of dorsal-medial nucleus of thalamus (dm) - information to/from pfc (selective attention, enhanced responses for relevant stimuli, suppressed for distracting stim. ) Inputs and where pathways out of sensory cortices. Semantic and episodic info to be used in stm. Explicit making of moral right and wrong judgements (after intuitive reactions w moral issues from temporo-parietal junction - tpj) Receives input from vacc about how currently feeling; projects to dlpfac. Receives input from ppac - attention controller. Damage = mini you isn"t working well; perseverative behavior, field-dependent behavior, mental rigidity, flat affect. Damage = adult center damaged; disinhibition -- euphoria or rage; instant gratification. Davis explanation: the tpj vs the vmpfc the former is for thinking, the latter for action.
