frontal lobe
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- noun
- /ˈfrʌntəl loʊb/
- Specialized
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lóbulo frontal
- Damage to the frontal lobe can severely impact a person's ability to plan and execute tasks.
- frontal lobe damage
- frontal lobe lesions
- frontal lobe injury
And I think what the frontal lobes do is they store rules.
- And I think what the frontal lobes do is they store rules.
- Now, there's something around narcissism and the frontal lobe not quite functioning right.
- But when the person gets to those profound experiences, the frontal lobe shuts down and quiets down.
- It's Dear God, please don't allow me to be famous before my frontal lobes have developed.
- And what Broca found was that there was a part in the left frontal lobe.
- But I would first put my pin in working memory in the frontal lobe.
- We know that there are brain correlates with things like ADHD, like frontal lobe dysfunction.
- And that that young age when they don't have a fully functioning frontal lobe, they don't have their executive functioning fully formed yet.
- Willpower will typically come from an intellectual frontal lobe place.
- So we've got a very big frontal lobe, right?
Examples
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This patient has an inoperable frontal lobe tumor extending across the midline.
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A neurologist confirmed the presence of the severe frontal lobe damage seen on MRI.
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And I think what the frontal lobes do is they store rules.
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However, there is evidence of injury to the frontal lobe.
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All involved damage to the frontal lobe of the brain.
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You have a pretty big brain tumor near your frontal lobe.
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The brain's frontal lobes are also where our fight-or-flight decisions are made.
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Frontal lobe epilepsy can result in behavioral changes that may be confused with other conditions.
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One is that the frontal lobe is important for articulating speech, creating the words and expressing them fluently.
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Brain volume declines with normal aging, and the frontal lobes are particularly susceptible to this change.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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The front part of the brain behind the forehead that helps you make decisions, solve problems, and control movements
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'frontal' (pertaining to the front) and 'lobe' (a rounded part of an organ), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the front part of the brain. This anatomical, locative combination is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun-modifier composition, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Frontal lobe is the front part of the brain. frontal means 'front' and lobe means 'a section', so the phrase points to the brain's front area that helps control movement and make decisions.