prefrontal cortex
noun
: the gray matter of the anterior part of the frontal lobe that is highly developed in humans and plays a role in the regulation of complex cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning
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The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which helps process fear and anxiety, also lit up.
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2024
The feeling could also reflect the mental tug-of-war between your amygdala, the part of your brain that’s processing your emotions, and your prefrontal cortex, or the part of your brain that’s trying to temper them with logic and decisions.
—Anna Medaris, Vox, 21 July 2024
Because the prefrontal cortex has not fully matured yet, the teenage brain tends to be impulsive and often lacks critical decision-making skills.
—Denise Witmer, Parents, 29 July 2024
The researchers found that the students in the high-stress exam group were slower on a test of cognitive flexibility and had less functional connectivity in their prefrontal cortex (the brain’s reasoner in chief) than control subjects did.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2024
The feeling could also reflect the mental tug-of-war between your amygdala, the part of your brain that’s processing your emotions, and your prefrontal cortex, or the part of your brain that’s trying to temper them with logic and decisions.
—Anna Medaris, Vox, 21 July 2024
Because the prefrontal cortex has not fully matured yet, the teenage brain tends to be impulsive and often lacks critical decision-making skills.
—Denise Witmer, Parents, 29 July 2024
The researchers found that the students in the high-stress exam group were slower on a test of cognitive flexibility and had less functional connectivity in their prefrontal cortex (the brain’s reasoner in chief) than control subjects did.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
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