Test 3 (clarity points)

Question 1

vmPFC

Answer 1

1. emotional regulation via dampening of amygdala
2. involved in self-referential thought and autobiographical memory
3. relevant to reducing impulsive behavior and acting in a context-appropriate manner (think frontal disinhibition syndrome)
4. stimulated by DA and is active in reward-seeking behiavor
   — maybe relevant to its role in amygdald regulation
5. evaluates value associated with an object
   —- maybe relevant to self-referential thought and the act of turning away from external things

Question 2

dlPFC

Answer 2

1. acts in WM maintenance (think stroop task, Wisconsin card sorting, etc.)
2. resolves conflicts from inputs at the dACC
3. active in spatial WM activity
4. part of dorsal (“where” pathway) and associated with the parietal lobe

(Models)
- thought to manipulate information in WM (as opposed to maintain it) in the process specificity model
- alternatively thought to act via the dorsal pathway in the domain-specificity model

Question 3

vlPFC

Answer 3

1. associated with the limbic regions of executive control
2. activity with object-based WM
3. part of ventral (“what” pathway), associated with temporal lobe

(Models)
- thought to maintain info in WM in process-specificity model
- alternatively thought to act via the ventral pathway in the domain-specificity model

Question 4

dmPFC

Answer 4

1. helps us evaluate and analyze risk probabilities