Question

Five-year-old Lilah is beginning to show signs of being able to plan ahead in a somewhat rational manner. At her age, this development is likely due to neural networks sprouting in her _____ lobe. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished. Your answer:

Answer 1

Answer:

frontal

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that this development is likely due to neural networks sprouting in her frontal lobe.   The frontal lobe is responsible controlling various important cognitive skills such as problem solving, memory, language, judgment, emotional expression, etc. Which explains Lilah's ability to plan ahead.

Answer 2

Answer:

FRONTAL LOBE

Explanation:

The Frontal lobe is the one of the four major lobes of the mammalian brain, it is located in front of the parietal and temporal lobe. The central sulcus separates it from the parietal lobe while the lateral sulcus separates the frontal lobe from the temporal lobe.

The frontal lobe is associated with functions like reward, attention, short-term memory tasks, PLANNING, and Motivation.

This is because it contains most of the dopamine neurons in the cerebral cortex. In addition to the functions of the dopaminergic pathways mentioned above, Dopamine tends to limit and select sensory information that is coming from the thalamus to the forebrain. Liah's Frontal Lobe is very functional that's why she can plan ahead even at age five.