How to Use prefrontal in a Sentence

prefrontal

adjective
  • The prefrontal area, on the other hand, shuts down during sleep.
    — Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 18 July 2018
  • As well as having more prefrontal neurons, there were also some other issues in some but not all of the autism brains.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2011
  • When did our species acquire the ability of prefrontal synthesis?
    — Andrey Vyshedskiy, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Both are designed to thrash your prefrontal cortex into submission.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The prefrontal cortex performs a traffic cop role, doing more than just keeping the brain focused on a conscious task.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 May 2017
  • As the center of learning and cognition, the prefrontal lobe assists in storing long-term memories.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022
  • These heavy multitaskers showed higher prefrontal-cortex activity than mono-taskers.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Understanding how fish behave on high-pressure days versus prefrontal days with dropping barometric pressure is key.
    — Kristtine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
  • The prefrontal and medial temporal cortex, which control memory have greater volume in those who exercise.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Moniz later used a technique that severed neurons and led to the prefrontal lobotomy techniques of the1940s.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Lobotomies, which cut connections to the brain’s prefrontal cortex, were sometimes performed at that time as treatment for mental illness or to quell extreme suffering for the dying.
    — National Geographic, 12 July 2017
  • Another key finding was that prefrontal brain activity increased each time people interacted with the real dog.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Women displayed way more brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, the region that deals with decision making, focus and impulse control.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2017
  • If the task is visual, such as matching bananas, a monkey activates a different area of the prefrontal cortex than when matching voices in an auditory task.
    — Paloma Mari-Beffa, CNN, 9 May 2017
  • But there was less activity in areas like the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which contributes to self-control.
    — Tim Requarth, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2017
  • The group that played the nonviolent game showed more activity in the prefrontal parts of the brain, which are involved in inhibition, concentration and self-control.
    — Bloomberg.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Tempest said this type of stimulation to the prefrontal cortex can help patients with attention, working memory, problem-solving and impulse control.
    — Andrew Craft, Fox News, 15 May 2017
  • Myelination in the prefrontal cortex is not completed until the early to mid-20s, so teenagers have not yet developed these advanced thinking abilities.
    — Molly Lotz, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • While your own prefrontal area might link a sequence of visual material to form an episodic memory, the Boskop may have added additional material from sounds, smells, and so on.
    — Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But if the stressor is an invisible virus, losing your prefrontal function is extraordinarily unhelpful and more dangerous.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • When Bruce was around 5, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, subjected to a prefrontal lobotomy and confined to mental institutions.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
  • In the brain, moderate amounts of stress hormones such as cortisol and noradrenaline boost activity in prefrontal areas that underlie executive functions.
    — Clancy Blair, Scientific American, 1 May 2016
  • Results showed prefrontal brain activity was more significant when participants interacted with the real dogs.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • One study suggests that parents help children to induce a more mature form of amygdala-prefrontal connectivity that encourages effective regulation.
    — Dylan Gee, Vox, 20 June 2018
  • Two had prefrontal cortical abnormalities - dysplasia in one case and abnormal cell orientation in another.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2011
  • In either case, anything is better than the plastic bottled, 0 percent juice, neon, high-fructose margarita mixes, which pair best with microwave TV dinners and a prefrontal lobotomy.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2023
  • However, Blomstedt points to evidence that Ducosté may have inspired the development of prefrontal lobotomy — an operation which was adopted around the world.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2020
  • For the recent study, researchers noticed smaller prefrontal cortexes and amygdala in adolescents who had repeatedly experienced harsh parenting practices in childhood.
    — Kiersten Willis, ajc, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The workspace is a network of cortical neurons in the front of the brain, with long-range projections to similar neurons distributed all over the neocortex in prefrontal, parietotemporal and cingulate associative cortices.
    — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This deliberate, responsive and reliable capacity to combine and recombine mental objects is called prefrontal synthesis.
    — Andrey Vyshedskiy, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023

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