One Reason That the Frontal Pole Has Received Less Experimental

question 7

Multiple Choice

One reason that the frontal pole has received less experimental attention than the lateral prefrontal cortex is because

• A)the most anterior region of the prefrontal cortex is particularly prone to damage by cerebral hemorrhage,making this region more difficult to study in people.
• B)the frontal pole is a much older region in phylogenetic terms,which is consistent with the observation that this region shows few individual differences.
• C)the frontal pole is devoted to the sense of olfaction and is not believed to be involved in higher cognition.
• D)the most anterior region of the prefrontal cortex is susceptible to imaging artifacts,making this region more difficult to study with fMRI.

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