frontal cortex
3
5.5
- noun
- /ˈfrʌntəl ˈkɔrtɛks/
- Specialized
:
corteza frontal
- The frontal cortex is crucial for high-level functions like decision making and planning.
- a region of the frontal cortex
These are basically things to try to trick your frontal cortex, the conscious part of your brain.
- These are basically things to try to trick your frontal cortex, the conscious part of your brain.
- And what you saw was as soon as that active came up, their frontal cortex is activated like mad.
- And what you have to do is say to your brain, your frontal cortex, no, I'm not going to eat it.
- I mean, I recall there's a syndrome, Clover Busey syndrome, which has some vague similarities to how you describe frontal cortex damage.
- And then you're saying with the with the frontal cortex, like that's the size is not always the right measure of capability, I guess.
- It's a famous frontal cortex which does language and poetry and music, so these must work on different principles.
Examples
-
Research shows that the frontal cortex is responsible for voluntary movement control in humans.
-
The starting point of the tour is the frontal cortex, a region that takes up a much larger proportion of the primate brain.
Academic text (2003) -
These models, the frontal cortex is involved with movement and planning for movement.
-
And what you saw was as soon as that active came up, their frontal cortex is activated like mad.
-
And what you have to do is say to your brain, your frontal cortex, no, I'm not going to eat it.
-
And how long a kid can hold out is a function of how thick their frontal cortex is at that point.
-
But now they have a lot of research that says the frontal cortex, the front of your brain actually is very involved in memory and maybe the kind of sorting out place.
-
With all that going for it, the frontal cortex is the closest thing we have to a neural basis for the superego.
Academic text (2003) -
Instead, they respond using their gut feelings and respond from the amygdala, whereas adults use their frontal cortex, which governs reason and planning.
Blog text (7) -
Recent brain studies, as reported by Jay Giedd in the PBS Frontline interview "Inside the Teenage Brain," link poor judgment performance of adolescents to incomplete frontal cortex and cerebellum development.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
24
4.8
Part of the brain at the front that controls movement you choose and thinking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'frontal' (pertaining to the front) and 'cortex' (the grey-matter layer), so it denotes the part of the cortex at the front of the brain. This follows a standard anatomical naming pattern found across languages, making the sense predictable for a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Frontal cortex is a literal name: frontal means at the front, just behind your forehead, and cortex means the brain's outer layer. This area works like a control room for 'decision making', 'problem solving' and voluntary movement, so the name helps you remember what it does.