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This is Your Brain on Camera

A visit with Shawn Christ, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Published: October 07, 2009 - Topics: psychology neuropsychology brain_development autism Phenylketonuria

Picturing Task Sets

Topics: psychology brain

The majority of Christ’s work focuses on the brain’s inferior frontal gyrus. That’s the part of the brain involved in most higher-level abilities: working memory, strategy use, inhibitory control, and especially keeping track of the to-do list for any sort of task.