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| ____ ____ states that all executive functions are mediated by the prefrontal cortex |
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| executive processes that organize our mental lives and coordinate other processing |
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| executive attention, switching attention, inhibition of response, sequencing, monitoring |
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| ___ is needed whenever multiple mental representations in working memory or multiple processes operating on representation compete for the control of cognition and behavior |
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| the neural-network model of executive attention was proposed by ______ |
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| area of the brain involved in executive attention and inhibition of response |
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| area of the brain that is the attention controller |
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| the right hemisphere of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex |
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| area of the brain involved in response execution |
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| areas of the brain involved in switching attention |
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| inferior parietal lobes and extrastriate visual cortex |
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| (executive function)... involves moving the focus of attention from one representation to another |
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| The Wisconsin Card sort showed that it took longer to sort cards in alternating blocks because it takes time to switch ____ and ___ |
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| area of the brain involved in inhibition of response |
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| In the neural-network model of executive attention, more errors are made during the incompatible Stroop trials because the connection between the word nodes in the hidden layer and the response nodes is |
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| stronger than the color-response connection |
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| difference in response time between alternating blocks and pure blocks task is referred to as the |
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| attention switching ____ length of reaction time on tasks |
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| if your boss were to accidentally spill hot coffee on you at work, the executive function that would prevent you from cursing at him is______ ___ _____ |
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| going to the movies,washing clothes, and starting a car are example of _____. |
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| (executive function)... involves coding information about the order of events in the world |
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| ____ _____ would cause you to mentally pair A D G H L as "A&D;D&G;G&H;H&L" |
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| ____ ____ cause you to mentally list ADGHL as "A is first, D is second, G is third..." etc |
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| a sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation |
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| damage to the ____ ____ renders a person unable to generate scripts and order items in a specific sequence |
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| damage to the ____ ____ renders a person unable to generate scripts and order items in a specific sequence |
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| area of the brain that has to do with ordering on the basis of familiarity |
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| (executive function)... assessment of one's performance on a task while the task is being performed |
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| all executive functions have to do with this area of the brain |
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| dorsolateral prefrontal cortex |
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| when politicians watch what they say in public, they are using the executive function of ________. |
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| when your friend is beating you at a video game that you usually beat him at, you notice that you're not really playing at the top of your game. you're using the executive function of _______. |
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