AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Command Center Executive functions are located mostly in the front of the brain, specifically the prefrontal cortex.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the evidence from functional neuroimaging converges on the prefrontal cortex, especially lateral PFC, as a major neural substrate of executive performance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The central executive, which is the master component of Baddeley’s working memory model and is thought to be a function of the prefrontal cortex, controls the performance of other components by allocating a limited capacity of memory resource to each component based on its demand.

Detailed explanation-4: -The frontal lobes are often called the “executive lobes” as they are truly the CEOs of our brain. Without them we can still read, write, talk, travel, play, and carry on with activities that are well learnt, but give us anything novel to do and we are stumped.