The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the…

“Neuroscientists have determined the brain’s dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with decision making and cost-benefit assessments. If MRI brain scans had been performed on…

— Ian Morgan Cron

“Decision making in the prefrontal cortex, which is a high-level brain process, affects the lower-level sensory processes.”

— Alex Korb

If you had the perception that you are very stressed out then your grey matter was fully 20 per cent smaller in volume than…

— Brigid Schulte

How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each of us to contemplate…

— Jonah Lehrer

“The prefrontal cortex is a complex, fragile region of the brain. In its healthy state, it directs human impulses toward rational choices and away…

— Ron Powers

“When men look at pictures of naked women, their startle response to loud noises diminishes. It seems that the dopamine surge mutes the prefrontal…

— Anonymous

“Certainly the prefrontal cortex is an important thing; I’m as proud of mine as the next guy.”

— Robert Wright

The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both…

— Paul Tough

I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really…

— Veronica Roth

“The prefrontal cortex is a complex, fragile region of the brain. In its healthy state, it directs human impulses toward rational choices and away…

— Ron Powers

“very last section of the brain to mature, during the teenage years and early twenties, is the prefrontal cortex, which controls judgment, impulse control,…

— Sarah Ockwell-Smith

“With the prefrontal cortex down-regulated, most impulse control mechanisms go offline too. For people who aren't used to this combination, the results can be…

— Steven Kotler

“But it turned out that this “unlearning” was not as complete as the scientists first thought. When they severed the neural connections between the…

— Susan Cain

Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus accumbens. Interestingly,…

— David D. Burns

“Specifically, a web of neurons—dubbed the “default network”—spanning three brain regions (the medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex, and the parietal cortex) are…

— David DiSalvo