Brain Region
What is the frontal portion of the cortex?
Strongly associated with the central executive
Describe your aid in 100-150 words, and why it's useful in understanding the concept. Bold term(s) for ease of grading.
This working memory component integrates information but does NOT store it
What is daydreaming?
In Teasdale (1995), participants had difficulty generating random numbers when they were doing this.
Individuals with ADHD often have difficulty with ______-executive tasks.
Central
The central executive plans and coordinates behavior but does not ______ information.
store
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The executive attention network is strongly linked to this brain region
What is irrelevant information?
The central executive helps suppress this type of information during tasks.
What is the central executive?
Generating an equal proportion of numbers from 1–10 without repetition requires this working memory component.
Major depression may affect some working memory tasks, especially due to excessive ______.
Rumination
Fill in the black: The central executive is primarily associated with the ______ portion of the cortex.
Frontal
Neuroscience research shows strongly overlap between central executive tasks and tasks involving the _____ executive attention network.
Prefrontal
What is task switching?
This cognitive ability involves switching between tasks and deciding what to do next.
Neuroscience research shows a strong correlation between working memory tasks and tasks used by cognitive neuroscientists to study the ______ attention network.
Executive
What is reading comprehension
Working memory scores on central executive tasks are correlated with this academic skill involving understanding written material.
In daydreaming research, difficulty generating random numbers shows the central executive is responsible for controlling ______.
Attention