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Definitions for prefrontal
priˈfrʌn tlpre·frontal
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Princeton's WordNet
prefrontaladjective
anterior to a frontal structure
"a prefrontal bone"; "prefrontal lobes"
Wiktionary
prefrontaladjective
Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe
prefrontaladjective
Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone
ChatGPT
prefrontal
"Prefrontal" generally refers to the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas. This area is involved with complex cognitive behavior, decision-making, personality expression, moderating social behavior, and executing goal-oriented behavior - essentially contributing to defining one's personality and behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Prefrontaladjective
situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes
Prefrontalnoun
a prefrontal bone or scale
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prefrontal
prē-fron′tal, adj. pertaining to the forepart of the forehead.—n. a bone of this region.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prefrontal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prefrontal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of prefrontal in a Sentence
The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the mid-20s, so there is a slow maturation in the ability to calculate risk.
I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
It's a double whammy. At the same time the prefrontal cortex is getting weaker and more primitive, the brain circuits that generate emotion like fear are getting stronger, you start seeing the world as harmful even when it's not.
It's all five-letter words. But that said, you do need to be able to do a lot with those five-letter words, we usually think of something like this is a deductive-reasoning task, which would probably be associated with activity in the frontal and prefrontal lobes of the brain.
These stress-signaling pathways get released and they rapidly impair the higher cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex that includes things like working memory, with chronic stress, you actually lose gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, in sadly the exact regions that are involved with inhibiting the stress response and those areas that give you insight that you’re needing help.
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