posterior

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Scientists have long proposed, including Sur's colleague Earl K. Miller at MIT, that the prefrontal cortex can guide the activity of more posterior areas of the brain.

From Science Daily

He expressed optimism after the game and said he didn’t expect to miss time, but he was later diagnosed with a posterior impingement and flexor pronator strain before more testing.

From Washington Times

A gigantic beanstalk grows out of a medieval peasant’s posterior, and another peasant says, “I told you they were magic beans and not to eat them.”

From New York Times

"Because this posterior cortical zone activated in dreaming largely overlaps with that identified in waking, the TPO junctions are considered a 'hot zone' for the neural correlates of consciousness," the authors write.

From Salon

“I’ve been lucky to live an awesome life, but that was without a doubt the hardest thing I had to go through,” Mahon said of the torn posterior cruciate ligament.

From Los Angeles Times