lobe

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No product this century has been more revolutionary than Apple’s iPhone, which under Cook has grown so powerful and ubiquitous that it has become a new lobe of the human brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

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

“I think there’s something to be said for frontal lobe development,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

“Most afraid of. Hmmm,” Bull whispered, plucking at his left ear lobe.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy