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Studies have shown that the decrease in frontal-lobe activity may be accompanied by increased activation in other cortical regions.
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Mr. Duncan found that patients with frontal-lobe damage were impaired on tests of "fluid intelligence" that, until recently, were not part of standard IQ tests.
The Other 'G' Spot 2010
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That is because we rely on higher cognitive function in our political thinking, rather than going by pure frontal-lobe fight-or-flight mob-rule response, as do wingnuts.
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Today, video-game brain, Internet addiction, and other technology side effects appear to be suppressing frontal-lobe executive skills and our ability to communicate face-to-face.
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Today, video-game brain, Internet addiction, and other technology side effects appear to be suppressing frontal-lobe executive skills and our ability to communicate face-to-face.
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In county clinics, I watched psychiatrists educate patients by referring to diagrams of the brain, pointing out how ADHD arises out of deficits in frontal-lobe processing and PTSD from dissociation of limbic areas from higher cortical regions.
Daniel Goldin: The Limits of Neuroscience Daniel Goldin 2010
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Do you suffer total frontal-lobe meltdown under stress?
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I vaguely wish I could get a frontal-lobe wipedown.
Minor Observations melted_snowball 2007
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The emotionally needy person you can't get off the telephone has a frontal-lobe abnormality.
Is Everybody Crazy? 2008
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Likewise, human studies have turned up sex differences in a frontal-lobe region responsible for emotional reasoning.
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