A subject who is asked to learn an arbitrary stimulus

Question

A subject who is asked to learn an arbitrary stimulus - response association would exhibit relatively more activity in the _____ than in the _____.
A) premotor cortex; supplementary motor cortex
B) supplementary motor cortex; premotor cortex
C) prefrontal cortex; orbitofrontal cortex
D) frontal eye fields; premotor cortex

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The premotor cortex is involved in the planning and execution of movements, including learning new stimulus-response associations, while the supplementary motor cortex is more involved in the coordination of already learned sequences.