Term
prefrontal cortex
The front part of the cerebral cortex, involved in planning, decision-making and controlling behaviour.
The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life., Robin Sharma
Explained in
- The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life., Robin Sharma
- The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time, Alex Korb
The front part of the brain, responsible for planning, decisions and managing emotions. Korb calls it the thinking part of the brain.
- The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Florence Williams
The front part of the brain, responsible for planning, self-control, and switching between tasks.
- Of Boys and Men, Richard Reeves
The front part of the cerebral cortex. It contributes to planning, self-control, and anticipating the consequences of actions, and matures later than other regions.
- The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease, Marc Lewis
The front part of the brain's frontal lobes. It handles planning, keeping goals in mind and self-control.
- Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results, Stephen Guise
The front part of the brain's cortex, linked to planning, weighing consequences and self-control.
- Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind, Judson Brewer
The front part of the brain's frontal lobes. It takes part in planning, making decisions and controlling behavior.
- Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom, Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius
The front part of the brain's cortex, behind the forehead. It handles goals, plans, reasoning and keeping emotions in check.
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Daniel Amen
The front part of the frontal lobes, linked to attention, planning and self-control. In Amen's model it is the "inner manager".