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Prefrontal cortex
The front part of the brain's frontal lobes. It is linked to planning, decision-making and self-control.
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, Holly Whitaker
Explained in
- Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, Holly Whitaker
- Sane New World: Taming the Mind, Ruby Wax
The very front area of the brain, right behind the forehead. It helps us make plans, choose and hold back impulses.
- Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey
The front part of the brain, behind the forehead. It handles planning, self-control and decision-making.
- Stealing Fire, Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
The front part of the brain's frontal lobes. It is responsible for planning, self-control, complex reasoning and our sense of self.
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel J. Siegel
The front part of the brain's cortex, right behind the forehead. According to Siegel, it links the other parts of the brain, the body and our relationships with people.
- The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life., Robin Sharma
The front part of the cerebral cortex, involved in planning, decision-making and controlling behaviour.
- 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".