How to Use prefrontal cortex in a Sentence

prefrontal cortex

noun
  • This may be because of brain changes in the aging prefrontal cortex.
    — Sarah Raskin, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • At the same time, the study found that signals to the prefrontal cortex were rising.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Rather, sense-making belongs to our top brain, the prefrontal cortex.
    — Melanie Fine, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain's rational part.
    — Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The prefrontal cortex is also the area of the brain that is most sensitive to stress.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 June 2020
  • The goal is to get back to the prefrontal cortex and self-regulation.
    — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The two parts of your brain most engaged by stories are the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.
    — Yec, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • You are lulled into a hypnotic state that dulls the senses and the prefrontal cortex.
    — Anne Slowey, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2018
  • When a person is learning a new skill, the prefrontal cortex is highly active.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2018
  • This gives the prefrontal cortex space to breathe, so to speak, in the case of a split-second decision needed to be made.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2018
  • When any human is distraught, the prefrontal cortex is unavailable to them.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • Convince kids to count to 10 or take three deep breaths to allow time for the signal to get to the prefrontal cortex.
    — Phyllis L. Fagell, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Put simply, the prefrontal cortex is at the heart of our most flexible and forward-looking thoughts.
    — Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • When trauma occurs, the prefrontal cortex often shuts down, and more primitive parts of the brain take over.
    — Kathy Dobie, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Resting just above and behind the eyes, the prefrontal cortex helps people tame impulses.
    — Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 14 May 2018
  • The moms showed activation in an area on the right side of the prefrontal cortex while the women without children did not.
    — Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Research shows that the feeling of fear arises in the prefrontal cortex and related brain areas.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And panicking diverts resources from our thinking zone – the prefrontal cortex – to the fight, flight, or freeze zone at the base of the brain.
    — Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The prefrontal cortex of the brain works to weigh the consequences of certain decisions, like binging.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Several follow-up studies have confirmed the role of the prefrontal cortex in lying.
    — Theodor Schaarschmidt, Scientific American, 11 July 2018
  • The prefrontal cortex develops stronger control over the amygdala.
    — Sahar Andrade, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The memory is later processed by the prefrontal cortex, and details sometimes get lost.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2020
  • First, the medicine enters the brain's prefrontal cortex and simply gets to work by fixing the parts that get broken when someone is depressed.
    — Aubree Nichols, ELLE, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This is the role of the prefrontal cortex, which is the part of the brain responsible for planning and organizing.
    — Sarah Raskin, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • Hecht saw changes in the parts of the limbic system and prefrontal cortex involved in emotions and social behavior.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • There are simple ways to relieve demands on the prefrontal cortex, such as getting enough sleep and basic exercise.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2020
  • That surge of activation makes your prefrontal cortex less able to regulate emotions.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The medial prefrontal cortex, parts of the brain that allow humans to express ourselves, is shown in yellow.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Toward the front of the brain, just behind the forehead, is the prefrontal cortex, celebrated as the seat of judgment.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • This involves the prefrontal cortex, where executive decisions are made about whether or not to override the strong urges to drink.
    — Jamie Smolen, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2017

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