prefrontal
Above the eyes
Prefrontal means situated at the front of the frontal lobe of the brain.
The prefrontal cortex governs executive functions—planning, decision-making, impulse control, and social behavior: Damage to the prefrontal cortex can cause personality changes.
The term appears almost exclusively in neuroscience and psychology contexts.
Organ's external tissue
- lobeRounded projecting part
- ventromedialToward front-center of body
- anteriorSituated toward the front
- gyrusCerebral cortex ridge
sulcus · gray matter · white matter · hemisphere · cerebral · synapses · neurons · dendrite
Process of choosing actions
- task-switchingChanging focus between activities
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- self-regulationManaging one's own behavior
- goal-directedAimed at achieving something
planning · organizing · prioritizing · monitoring · problem-solving · reasoning · judgment · foresight
Neurodevelopmental focus impairment
- impulsivityActing without considering consequences
- disinhibitionReduced behavioral restraint
- perseverationInvoluntary repetition of responses
- apathyAbsence of feeling
lesion · trauma · injury · deficit · disorder · schizophrenia · depression · addiction
Process of becoming complete
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- myelinationFatty nerve coating
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
aging · neurogenesis · plasticity · developmental · juvenile · puberty · lifespan
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- lobeRounded projecting part
- ventromedialToward front-center of body
- anteriorSituated toward the front
gyrus · sulcus · gray matter · white matter · hemisphere · cerebral · synapses · neurons · dendrite · axon
decision-making
Process of choosing actions
- task-switchingChanging focus between activities
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- self-regulationManaging one's own behavior
goal-directed · planning · organizing · prioritizing · monitoring · problem-solving · reasoning · judgment · foresight · metacognition
ADHD
Neurodevelopmental focus impairment
- impulsivityActing without considering consequences
- disinhibitionReduced behavioral restraint
- perseverationInvoluntary repetition of responses
apathy · lesion · trauma · injury · deficit · disorder · schizophrenia · depression · addiction · dementia
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- myelinationFatty nerve coating
childhood · aging · neurogenesis · plasticity · developmental · juvenile · puberty · lifespan
- neuro termsneural, neuronal, cerebral, synaptic, axonal
- bone formationosteoblasts, mineralization, periosteum, fontanelles
- skull bonesnasal bone, maxilla, mandible, vomer, parietal
prefrontaloccipital
Of the skull's rear
posterior · occipital lobe · parietal · parietal lobe · visual cortex
prefrontalvisual cortex
Brain's sight-processing region
limbic · subcortical · basal ganglia · amygdala · reflexive
- prefrontal cortexBrain's planning and impulse center
- prefrontal lobotomySurgical disconnection of brain's front