The brain's executive is an 'event planner'
Studies in which monkeys were asked to manipulate computer cursors for fruit juice rewards have revealed that the brain's "executive" center plans behaviors not by specifying movements required for given actions, but rather the events that will result from those actions. . .. The researchers, led by Hajime Mushiake of Tohoku University School of Medicine, reported their findi...Master planners in brain may coordinate other areas' roles in cognitive tasks
Scientists have used data from scans of 183 subjects to identify brain areas that consistently become active in a variety of cognitive tasks, such as reading, learning a rhythm or analyzing a picture. . .. "They appear to be helping to determine which brain regions will contribute to a...