What is the task of the prefrontal area of the brain?
A task in which participants must point to a new object on each trial of the task and must maintain previous selections in working memory in order to avoid repeating prior choices.
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a central role in cognitive control functions, and dopamine in the PFC modulates cognitive control, thereby influencing attention, impulse inhibition, prospective memory, and cognitive flexibility.
