frontal
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Barbara Sahakian, a neuropsychologist at the University of Cambridge who specialises in ADHD, said the condition affects the brain's frontal lobe, which play a key role in organisation and focus.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
However, the widely repeated claim that brain development, especially in the frontal lobe, stops at 25 is not accurate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
The results showed that areas within the frontal lobe mature gradually from the back toward the front.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
Their drawings were strictly frontal elevations, an academic convention that made comparison—and judgment—easy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
When the researchers scanned the subjects’ brains, they discovered that this tiny fraction of people seemed to have less activity going on in key portions of the frontal lobe.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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