The _____ Cortex Is an Area in the Front of the Brain

question 24

Multiple Choice

The _____ cortex is an area in the front of the brain involved in encoding the emotional value of sensory information as well as emotional components of human actions; it has been shown to be activated when someone chooses to give money to a charity or views pictures of hungry children.

• A) anterior cingulate
• B) dorsolateral prefrontal
• C) orbitofrontal
• D) ventromedial prefrontal

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