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 may be because of brain changes in the aging prefrontal cortex.
  — Sarah Raskin, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
• Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain's rational part.
  — Fox News, 19 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That means the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain involved in decision-making, planning and self-control, is the last part to mature.
  — Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 8 Sep. 2017
• 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
• The development of the prefrontal cortex is a recent thing.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But repeating them strengthens emotional brain regions and reduces the influence of the prefrontal cortex, which puts the brakes on impulsive actions.
  — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024