You Are a Researcher Studying Inhibition in the Prefrontal Cortex

You are a researcher studying inhibition in the prefrontal cortex using fMRI. You find that during a Stroop test, a specific region of the prefrontal cortex becomes active when subjects give incongruent responses to naming words that are written in various colors. Based on the information in this chapter, this region is likely the _________________ prefrontal cortex.

A) orbital
B) lateral
C) medial
D) polar
E) none of the above