How to Use prefrontal cortex in a Sentence

prefrontal cortex

noun

• The prefrontal cortex is also the area of the brain that is most sensitive to stress.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 June 2020
• The two parts of your brain most engaged by stories are the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.
  — Yec, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• The goal is to get back to the prefrontal cortex and self-regulation.
  — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• The secret of their success (and failure) all comes down to their prefrontal cortex (PFC).
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Nov. 2023
• You youngsters barely have a prefrontal cortex to speak of.
  — Monica McDonough, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
• Rather, sense-making belongs to our top brain, the prefrontal cortex.
  — Melanie Fine, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
• You are lulled into a hypnotic state that dulls the senses and the prefrontal cortex.
  — Anne Slowey, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 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
• 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
• The frontal lobe and prefrontal cortex, the origin of all that adult, higher-order thinking, are the final parts of the brain to mature and connect.
  — Jessica Lahey, Washington Post, 24 June 2019
• The prefrontal cortex of the brain works to weigh the consequences of certain decisions, like binging.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2021
• While these brain regions are busy constructing dreams, the prefrontal cortex, which is the part of our brain that tries to make sense of the world around us, is inactive.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
• Put simply, the prefrontal cortex is at the heart of our most flexible and forward-looking thoughts.
  — Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
• 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
• When a person is learning a new skill, the prefrontal cortex is highly active.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2018
• The effects on the amygdala, the prefrontal cortex and the circuitry between the two may have many other consequences as well.
  — Eti Ben Simon, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• Research shows that the feeling of fear arises in the prefrontal cortex and related brain areas.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
• Resting just above and behind the eyes, the prefrontal cortex helps people tame impulses.
  — Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 14 May 2018
• Hecht saw changes in the parts of the limbic system and prefrontal cortex involved in emotions and social behavior.
  — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
• When any human is distraught, the prefrontal cortex is unavailable to them.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Psychedelics activate nerve receptors called serotonin 5-HT2A, which then turn off a part of the brain called the dorsal prefrontal cortex.
  — National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2020
• During times of stress, the amygdala sends out panic signals, and the prefrontal cortex can help block that alarm bell from ringing throughout the whole body—including in the heart.
  — Haley Weiss, Time, 13 June 2023
• For instance, the prefrontal cortex, at the front of the brain, is involved in decision-making, problem-solving and planning.
  — Anna Tan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• The prefrontal cortex, including the mPFC, forms a network that is involved in future planning.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
• Researchers have long known that ketamine, a sedative that produces a trance-like state and is widely used as a party drug, promotes the growth of neurites in the prefrontal cortex.
  — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
• Researchers have found that even just eight weeks of a 10-minute practice like this results in a measurably thicker prefrontal cortex.
  — Rasmus Hougaard, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Several follow-up studies have confirmed the role of the prefrontal cortex in lying.
  — Theodor Schaarschmidt, Scientific American, 11 July 2018
• The memory is later processed by the prefrontal cortex, and details sometimes get lost.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024