NEUR305 Brain Regions and Functions

Planning and execution

Frontal lobe

Goal-based decision making

Pre-frontal cortex (PFC)

Working Memory

Dorsolateral PFC (dlPFC)

Ventrolateral PFC (vlPFC)

Value Assessing

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)

Delay Discounting

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Effort Discounting

Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)

Conflict Monitoring

Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Wernicke’s Area

Broca’s Aphasia

Broca’s Area

Conduction Aphasia

Arcuate Fasiculus

Declarative Memory

Medial temporal lobe (MAIN)

Middle diencephalon

Neocortex

Procedural Memory

Basal ganglia (MAIN)

Skeletal muscles

Striatum

Perceptual Priming

Association cortex (aka neocortex)

Classical conditioning

Cerebellum (for musculature)

Amygdala (for emotional)

Nonassociation learning

Reflex pathways

Scene Recognition

Parahippocampal Place Area (PPA)

Place cells

Hippocampus

Grid cells

Entorhinal cortex

Head direction cells

Entorhinal cortex

Social cells

dCA1

Emotional physiological response

HPA axis

Autonomic NS

Fear conditioning

Amygdala

Interoception of bodily states

Insula

Disgust

Insula

Emotional processing

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) via links to amygdala

Decision-making

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Self-referential Processing

Dorsolateral PFC (dlPFC)

Ventromedial PFC (vmPFC)

Posterior Parietal Cortex (PCC)

Subjective feelings

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)

Autoscopy

Right parieto-occipital cortex (RPOC)

Right temporo-occipital cortex (RTOC)

Heautoscopy

Left temporoparietal cortex

Out-of-body experience

Right temporoparietal cortex

Body ownership

Temporoparietal cortex

Xenomelia

Superior parietal lobule

Self-reference effect

Medial PFC (mPFC)

Social rules/context

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)

Value-based decision (+ social decision-making)

Ventromedial PFC (vmPFC)

Applying context to situations

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)