Executive functions Flashcards
1
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Executive functions
A
Allows flexible controlling of goal-directed behaviour and allow human behaviour to be more complex than S-R respons
2
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Initiating
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Rules buy matching stimuli to actions based on goals
3
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Inhibiting
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Irrelevant rules are inhibited
4
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Shifting
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Shifting from a previous rule to a more appropriate rule
5
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Relating
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Relating rules to each other to achieve high order goals
6
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Brain systems
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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Posterior parietal cortex
Anterior cingulate cortex
Basal ganglia
