layers , ▁an ▁outer ▁layer ▁ 5 a ▁of ▁dens ely ▁distributed ▁medium - size ▁gang l ion ▁cells ▁that ▁partially ▁mer ges ▁with ▁layer ▁IV , ▁and ▁an ▁inner , ▁clearer , ▁cell - po or ▁layer ▁ 5 b ; ▁the ▁py ram idal ▁cells ▁of ▁sub layer ▁ 3 b ▁of ▁the ▁external ▁py ram idal ▁layer ▁( III ) ▁are ▁smaller ▁and ▁sp ar ser ▁in ▁distribution ; ▁the ▁external ▁gran ular ▁layer ▁( II ) ▁is ▁narrow , ▁with ▁small ▁numbers ▁of ▁sp ars ely ▁distributed ▁gran ule ▁cells . ▁ ▁Function s ▁The ▁area ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁short ▁term ▁memory , ▁evalu ating ▁rec ency , ▁overrid ing ▁automatic ▁responses , ▁ver bal ▁flu ency , ▁error ▁detection , ▁aud itory ▁ver bal ▁attention , ▁infer ring ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁others , ▁infer ring ▁dedu ction ▁from ▁spatial ▁imag ery , ▁induct ive ▁reasoning , ▁att rib uting ▁intention , ▁sust ained ▁attention ▁involved ▁in ▁counting ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁aud itory ▁stim uli , ▁and ▁displays ▁lower ▁levels ▁of ▁energy ▁consumption ▁in ▁individuals ▁suffering ▁from ▁b ip olar ▁dis order . ▁ ▁The ▁area ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁left ▁hem is phere ▁is ▁at ▁least ▁partially ▁responsible ▁for ▁em path y , ▁id i oms , ▁processing ▁pleasant ▁and ▁un ple asant ▁emot ional ▁scenes , ▁self ▁critic isms ▁and ▁attention ▁to ▁negative ▁emot ions . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁right ▁hem is phere ▁the ▁region ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁att rib uting ▁intention , ▁theory ▁of ▁mind , ▁suppress