Functions of frontal
association cortex
Motor planning – remember the anti-saccade from my
oculomotor lecture.  That you are here today is largely
the responsibility of your frontal cortex.
Working memory.
Suppression of stimulus-bound behavior.
Babies and demented people cannot suppress the urge to
urinate in response to a signal from a full bladder
Luckily, you can!
Frontal functions must be studied with complicated
paradigms – they are deficits beyond simple sensory
failure or motor paralysis
The delayed response task is a paradigmatic task useful
in frontal function.