Faw Bill
Professor of Psychology, Brewton-Parker College, Mt Vernon, GA 30445, USA.
Conscious Cogn. 2003 Mar;12(1):83-139. doi: 10.1016/s1053-8100(02)00030-2.
As an explicit organizing metaphor, memory aid, and conceptual framework, the prefrontal cortex may be viewed as a five-member 'Executive Committee,' as the prefrontal-control extensions of five sub-and-posterior-cortical systems: (1) the 'Perceiver' (dominant-right-hemisphere ventral-lateral prefrontal cortex--VL/PERC-PFC) is the frontal extension of the ventral perceptual stream (the VL/PERC system) which represents the world and self in object coordinates; (2) the 'Verbalizer' (dominant-left-hemisphere ventral-lateral prefrontal cortex system--VL/VERB-PFC) is the frontal extension of the language stream (the VL/VERB system) which represents the world and self in language coordinates; (3) the 'Motivator' (ventral/medial-orbital pre-frontal cortex--VMO-PFC) is the frontal cortical extension of a subcortical extended-amygdala stream (the VMO system) which represents the world and self in motivational/emotional coordinates; (4) the 'Attender' (dorsal-medial/anterior cingulate--DM/AC-PFC) is the frontal cortical extension of a subcortical extended-hippocampal stream (the DM/AC system) which represents the world and self in spatiotemporal coordinates and directs attention to internal and external events; and (5) the 'Coordinator' (the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex--DL-PFC) is the frontal extension of the dorsal perceptual stream (the DL system) which represents the world and self in body- and eye-coordinates and controls willed action and working memory. This tutorial review examines the interacting roles of these five systems in perception, working memory, attention, long-term memory, motor control, and thinking.
作为一种明确的组织隐喻、记忆辅助工具和概念框架，前额叶皮层可被视为一个由五名成员组成的“执行委员会”，它是五个皮层下及后皮层系统在前额叶的控制延伸：（1）“感知者”（优势半球右侧腹外侧前额叶皮层——VL/PERC-PFC）是腹侧感知流（VL/PERC系统）在前额叶的延伸，该系统以物体坐标来表征世界和自我；（2）“言语者”（优势半球左侧腹外侧前额叶皮层系统——VL/VERB-PFC）是语言流（VL/VERB系统）在前额叶的延伸，该系统以语言坐标来表征世界和自我；（3）“激励者”（腹侧/内侧眶额前额叶皮层——VMO-PFC）是一个皮层下扩展杏仁核流（VMO系统）在前额叶皮层的延伸，该系统以动机/情感坐标来表征世界和自我；（4）“关注者”（背内侧/前扣带回——DM/AC-PFC）是一个皮层下扩展海马体流（DM/AC系统）在前额叶皮层的延伸，该系统以时空坐标来表征世界和自我，并将注意力导向内部和外部事件；（5）“协调者”（背外侧前额叶皮层——DL-PFC）是背侧感知流（DL系统）在前额叶的延伸，该系统以身体和眼睛坐标来表征世界和自我，并控制意志行动和工作记忆。本教程综述探讨了这五个系统在感知、工作记忆、注意力、长期记忆、运动控制和思维中的相互作用。
