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The study is built on the widely-accepted theory that a specific physical location in the brain †"known as the anterior prefrontal cortex â€" functions in tasks related to both complex reasoning and self-control, Colin de Young, former Yale psychology researcher and co-author of the study, said.

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  1. adjective Placed before or in front.
  2. adjective Occurring before in time; earlier.
  3. adjective Anatomy Located near or toward the head in lower animals.

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  • In humans, we actually developed the front part of the neocortex called the anterior part of the neocortex. —  Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
  • At the same time, high activity in a regulatory region known as the anterior cingulate cortex is associated with a positive clinical response to a common antidepressant medication. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Works the middle and anterior (front) deltoids, trapezoids and triceps.
  • Bucks 'Redd has knee surgery: Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd, 29, has had surgery to repair the anterior-cruciate ligament in his left knee that he tore in a Jan. 24 game. —  The Seattle Times
  • In the group of patients with dominance of the depressive syndrome without marked symptoms of asthenia or anxiety, opposite changes in the anterior areas of the right and left hemispheres were found; the interregional relationships of the EEG of anterior areas of the right hemisphere were decreased as compared to the norm, while the normal level of systemic interaction of bioelectric potentials of the cortex of the left hemisphere was increased. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Latin, comparative of ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, comparative adjective, as if from *anterus, from ante, before. Cf. posterior, exterior, interior, superior, inferior.
 

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