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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At the same time, the prefrontal cortex, responsible for higher-order thinking and decision-making, must work harder to process disfluent speech.
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Stress signaling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function
Sara Novak is a science journalist based in South Carolina.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Intriguingly, the prefrontal cortex, the seat of high-level rational thinking, had a particularly high concentration of these intrusions.
—Martin Picard, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2025
Caffeine stimulates the prefrontal cortex of the brain, the executive function area where our ability to organize, choose where to direct attention, and a host of other important functions happen.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Stress signaling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function
Sara Novak is a science journalist based in South Carolina.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Intriguingly, the prefrontal cortex, the seat of high-level rational thinking, had a particularly high concentration of these intrusions.
—Martin Picard, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2025
Caffeine stimulates the prefrontal cortex of the brain, the executive function area where our ability to organize, choose where to direct attention, and a host of other important functions happen.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Prefrontal cortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prefrontal%20cortex. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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