Briefly describe one reason why the prefrontal cortex is particularly suited for implementing executive processes

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The human prefrontal cortex is disproportionately large compared to other primates, receives information from almost all perceptual and motor areas as well as from many subcortical areas, and there are multiple projections from the prefrontal cortex to sensory, cortical, and motor areas. The diverse connections converging in the prefrontal cortex allow for the integration of information and the projections back to other areas of the brain allow for top-down processing.

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