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Summary of chapter 13 executive functions from the book Psychology of Gray and Bjorklund 8th edition. The summary contains pictures of the book in combination with the most important terms from the chapters explained in bullet points. Page numbers are included, so if the summary is not enough you c...

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Introductory psychology part B - Executive Functions –
H 13
Please read the book, but focus on the slides for the exam!



Cognitive functions that are necessary to perform efficient, goal-
directed behavior (prefrontal):
– Plan

– Flexibly change plans and actions

– Working memory

– Learn

– Process feedback

– Performance monitoring

– Detect mistakes

– Inhibit wrong responses


Subdivision prefrontal cortex

, Subdivision in
– Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

• Cold cognition, working memory

– Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

• Hot cognition, impulse control, social behavior

– Medial frontal cortex

• Motivation, reward, guidance of other prefrontal regions



The big questions:
How does our brain enable efficient, goal-oriented behavior?

And which brain networks are involved in goal-oriented behavior?



- Input is often very complex,
- Output on the other hand is limited to 1, maybe 2 actions at the same time
- And in each environment we can act in many different ways  choices  how does our
brain choose?
-

To enable efficient, goal oriented behavior, you need to:
1. Keep the right goals, subgoals and order of subgoals in mind: Working memory (task sets +
timing)  DLPFC
Comparable to RAM of a
computer, more RAM 
more capacity to process
information at the same time

People with higher WM
capacity:
 Score better on IQ tests
 Perform better at school
 Display more creative
insight
 Are more proactive at
work




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