brain areas would be active during the DNMTP task: 1.) Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC) 2.) Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC) 3.) Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC)

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Describe specific scenarios in which following brain areas would be active during the DNMTP task: 

1.) Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC)

2.) Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC)

3.) Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC)

Each scenarios should be no more than 2-3 sentences. You should link steps in the procedure/potential outcomes to a change in activity in each brain area. 

*Hint: focus on the information with dealing with decision making. When these brain areas would be active in the context of the attentional set shifting task, the same thing in the context of the DNMTP task.

**Hint: some brain areas may only be necessary during the learning of this task and not as necessarily for the performance of the final version of the task. 

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