cortex

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The pattern was especially clear in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region that helps regulate thought, emotion, decision making, and behavior.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The research showed a measurable decline in the performance of the prefrontal cortex between initial scans and five-year follow-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Changes in their activity also influenced how fear-related signals reached the prefrontal cortex, a region involved in decision-making.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

He was struck through the forehead, and the iron must have pierced the frontal lobe of the cortex.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman