>>The executive functions of the frontal lobes involve:
=>the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions
=>to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best),
=>override and suppress unacceptable social responses,
=>determine similarities and differences between things or events. =>Therefore, it is involved in higher mental functions.

The frontal lobes also play an important part in retaining longer term memories which are not task-based.

>>These are often memories associated with emotions derived from input from the brain's limbic system.

>>The frontal lobe modifies those emotions to generally fit socially acceptable norms.

>>Psychological tests that measure frontal lobe function include finger tapping, Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and measures of verbal and figural fluency.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal_lobe


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