Review Questions

Review Questions are included for each chapter for study purposes, many of the answers are found in the textbook. If your professor has asked you to email your answers to them, you can use the submit button below.


1		What happened to Phineas Gage? How did his injury affect his life?



2		What is anatomically special about the prefrontal cortex? What are the major connections to and from the prefrontal cortex?



3		What are the major symptoms reported with prefrontal lesions? Explain the negative/positive symptom distinction. What is executive function and what is the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive functioning?



4		What are the prefrontal syndromes?



5		How is the prefrontal cortex studied in animals? What areas, pathways, and connections of the prefrontal cortex have been investigated most in animal studies? What is the suggested importance of each?

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