Pre-Frontal Cortex

Question 1

What cognitive skills does the orbitofrontal cortex regulate

Answer 1

Inhibition and impulsiveness of social situations

Question 2

What cognitive skills does the dorsolateral cortex regulate

Answer 2

Thought process, working memory, planning, moral judgement, insight and hypothesis generation

Question 3

What cognitive skills does the medial pre-frontal cortex regulate

Answer 3

Emotions such as initiation, apathy, indifference, akinetic mutism and certain self awareness features such as emotional intelligence for self and others

Question 4

Describe blood supply to the pre-frontal cortex

Answer 4

Orbitofrotal (Both ACA and MCA), Medial (ACA) and dorsolateral (MCA)

Question 5

Describe Brocca’s and Wernike’s Language areas

Answer 5

Brocca’s is non fluent or expressive where as Wernike’s is fluent or also known as receptive

Question 6

List the 5 aspects of Cognition

Answer 6

1. Executive function. 2. Language. 3. Memory. 4 Attention. 5. Visuospacial

Question 7

What factors come under Executive function

Answer 7

○ High Level attention
	○ Initiation
	○ Working Memory
	○ Planning 
	○ Self Monitoring
	○ Inhibition
		§ Social
		§ Behavioural 
		§ Cognition
	○ Idea generation

Question 8

What Factors come under Language

Answer 8

Working, short term, long term, Verbal, non-verbal, declarative and procedural

Question 9

What are the two main areas of declaritive memory

Answer 9

Episodic (personal) and Semantic (general facts)

Question 10

What main regions comprise the Limbic system

Answer 10

Amydala, Mamillary Bodies, Hypothalamus, limbic cortex, cingulate gyrus, olfactory bulb, fornix and the anterior thalamic nuclei

Question 11

What does the limbic system control

Answer 11

Emotion, learning and memory