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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Handb Clin Neurol. 2019;167:73–88. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804766-8.00005-4

Table 5.10.

Neural circuits associated with cognitive domains

Complex attention Frontal lobe
Executive function Prefrontal including dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)
Learning and memory Encoding: medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, entorhinal cortex
Consolidation: multiple regions and networks
Retrieval: Frontal lobe, subcortical projections, as well as hippocampus
Language Dominant hemisphere
Fluency: anterior circuits, including frontal and anterior-superior temporal lobe (Grossman et al., 2013)
Comprehension: posterolateral temporal cortex, as well as left inferior frontal cortex, and anterior cingulate (Cooke et al., 2006)
Perceptual-motor function Nondominant hemisphere
Visual perception: nondominant primary visual and association cortices, temporooccipital and ventral stream
Spatial processing: visual association cortices, occipitoparietal lobes, dorsal stream
Praxis: bilateral parietal lobes
Social cognition Prefrontal cortex, anterior temporal lobe