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In their study on the neural correlates of delay of gratification, Casey et al. (2011) examined how specific brain regions are recruited when resisting temptation.

Describe how differences in the activation of the right inferior frontal gyrus and the ventral striatum explain the differing behaviors of high delayers and low delayers when presented with alluring ("hot") cues.

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Regions of the brain Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Regions of the brain

39 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Regions of the brain, covering Sperry (1968): Split brain study and Casey et al. (2011): Neural correlates of delay of gratification. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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