Orbitofrontal cortex carries out higher order thinking: Scientists

Q.  Which brain region has been implicated in carrying out complex plans?
- Published on 30 Aug 16

a. Orbitofrontal cortex
b. Temporal lobe
c. Pariental lobe
d. Prefrontal cortex

ANSWER: Orbitofrontal cortex
 
Scientists have found the brain region implicated in carrying out complex plans, learning how a setting or situation has changed since last seen
  • The area of the brain has been implicated in high order thinking
  • Findings refine the previous hypotheses since the region of the brain provides intellectual flexibility
  • It’s not just the flexibility area, it is your model of how the situation works
  • Knowing when to change that model- whether you are moving from zone to zone in a virtual safari or place to place in the habitats of their evolutionary predecessors would have given our ancestors an advantage over animals that behave by the same rules in all situations
  • There’s an adaptive advantage of having a brain that can say the world works differently in different situations but then you need to be able to figure out which area is relevant right now
  • That is what the orbitofrontal cortex is associated with

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