NOUN
- that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
How To Use frontal cortex In A Sentence
- That is one interpretation of a study on mice that observed changes in the animals' frontal cortex following exposure to the drug. Times, Sunday Times
- Sophisticated neuroimaging shows the brains of those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to be abnormal in areas regulating memory retrieval and inhibition (hippocampus), fearfulness and focus (pre-frontal cortex), and emotionality and lability (amygdala). And here’s another way to look at it: « Dating Jesus
- Another study examined the impact of the Buddhist "insight" meditation on the brain and learned that it caused an increase in thickness of the prefrontal cortex in the brain, the part that lies behind what we call our forehead and is associated with higher order function such as attention and making moral judgments. Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding
- But the part of your brain called the prefrontal cortex which is your brakes in your brain takes a much longer time to develop. CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2009
- Similarly, habitual impulsive criminals have an under-developed dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - the area thought to be involved in learning from mistakes. Times, Sunday Times
- It receives inputs from the hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus, temporal cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex.
- That is one interpretation of a study on mice that observed changes in the animals' frontal cortex following exposure to the drug. Times, Sunday Times
- The key areas of the brain identified -- one called the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and another called the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) -- are the subject of debate among neuroscientists, but the PCC is thought by many to have a role in consciousness and self-identity. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- The study consisted of simple letter-recognition tests given to 17 volunteers, ages 19 to 48, while blood flow to a section in the front of the brain called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was measured by magnetic resonance imaging. Archive 2008-12-01
- What we often see with lack of empathy is problems in what's called the prefrontal cortex, or the front third of the brain. CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2009