On MRI scans, white spots showed up in the prefrontal cortex.
核磁共振扫描显示，白色斑点出现在前额叶皮层。
As the brain gets older, the prefrontal cortex begins to decline quickly.
由于大脑变老了，其前额皮层(prefrontal cortex)开始迅速地衰退。
Most significantly of all, it shrinks the volume of the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus.
最为明显的是，它缩小了前额叶皮质和海马体的体积。
This phenomenon, Dr. Carson said, is often linked to a decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex.
卡森博士表示，此现象往往与前额皮质活动的减少有关。
Put simply, the prefrontal cortex is at the heart of our most flexible and forward-looking thoughts.
简单地说，前额叶皮层就是我们产生最灵活及最具前瞻性思想的核心。
But they do not stay there long. Instead, they are sent to the prefrontal cortex for longer-term storage.
但是这些记忆并不会在那里停留很长时间，而是会被发送到前额皮质以备长期储存。
First, let's consider the prefrontal cortex, particularly how it can aid people in understanding each other.
首先，我们考虑下前额叶皮层的因素，尤其是其可帮助人们了解彼此的功能。
The results reveal a fascinating correlation between a level of self-awareness and activity in the prefrontal cortex.
结果显示了自我意识程度和前额叶活动的迷人关联。
"This might result in an increased number and function of spine synapses in the prefrontal cortex," Vollenweider says.
“这可能导致前额皮质树突触数目增加和功能增强，”Vollenweider说。
In other words, the striatum quickly learns the individual puzzle pieces, and the prefrontal cortex puts them together, Miller says.
Miller解释道，纹状体会很快的辨认出个体的片段，而前额皮质会将他们拼装在一起。
Previous studies have found that the prefrontal cortex is not activated when people interact with inanimate objects, such as a computer game.
过去的调查研究表明，当人们同无生命的物体互动的时候前额皮质不会被激活，例如打电脑游戏。
This claim hinges on a peculiar and unique feature of our cognitive architecture: the stunningly slow development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC).
这一观点是基于人类奇特而独一无二的认知结构——发育惊人缓慢的前额皮质(pfc)。
The fMRI data indicate that these gains were the result of information being processed more quickly and efficiently through the prefrontal cortex.
功能性核磁共振造影技术的数据表明，这是得益于信息可以快速有效地通过脑额叶前部皮层。
Some of the most important changes occur within the prefrontal cortex of the brain, where decision making, understanding and behavioral control reside.
许多最重要的改变发生在大脑的前额皮质里，前额皮质是用来做决定、理解和控制行为的。
Networks of neurons in the prefrontal cortex generate persistent firing to keep information "in mind" even in the absence of cues from the environment.
前额叶皮层的神经元网络使得神经元持续放电，从而在毫无外界提醒的情况下也能将信息记在脑中。
The nap before learning may help clear out the hippocampus and send the data on to the prefrontal cortex, allowing new information to soak in, Walker says.
在学习前小睡，可以帮助海马清空记忆内存，并发送数据到前额叶皮层，让新的信息融入到那里，沃克说。
When people imagined future events, there was an intricate "functional coupling" between parts of the prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampus.
当人们想象未来的事件时，前额叶皮层，前扣带皮质和海马体之间，有一个复杂的的“功能耦合" 。
And Paul Glimcher, a neuroeconomist at New York University, has shown that activity in the prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum reveals the value someone puts on a reward.
纽约大学的神经科学家Paul Glimcher表明，前额皮层和腹侧纹状体的活动水平揭示人对报酬价值的认定。
When we fall asleep, the brain undergoes a similar pattern of global activity, as the prefrontal cortex goes quiet and the visual cortex becomes even more active than usual.
当我们进入睡眠状态时，大脑经历的全脑激活模式与平常清醒时类似，虽然前额叶皮层会保持沉寂，而视觉皮层比平常甚至更加活跃。
In contrast, when the choice was to delay gratification in exchange for a bigger reward, brain activity was concentrated in the "thinking" regions, such as the prefrontal cortex.
相反，选择以延期支付换取更多的报酬时，大脑活动集中在了“思考”区域，如前额大脑皮层。
Neurons in the prefrontal cortex of the young animals were able to maintain firing at a high rate during working memory, while neurons in older animals showed slower firing rates.
幼年动物前额叶皮层中的神经元在进行记忆活动时放电频率很高，而老年动物的神经元放电频率显然要低些。
In teenagers, it seems that this process starts in the back of the brain and moves forward, so that the prefrontal cortex, that vital center of control, is the last to be trimmed.
对青少年而言，这个过程似乎从大脑后部开始，再移向前端。因此，至关重要的控制中心——前额叶皮层——就成了最后才被涉及的区域。
If there is one part of the brain where the "self" part of Corina's mind began, it would be in the prefrontal cortex-a region just behind her forehead that extends to about her ears.
如果科瑞娜的大脑的一部分区域出现自我的意识，那可能会在前额皮质——一个位于她前额后面，延伸到大约她耳朵的区域。
Another surprising find: the prefrontal cortex, though at the front of the brain, might actually serve as its central information hub that distributes information throughout the brain.
另一个惊人的发现是：前额叶皮质，虽然在大脑前端，但实际上可能是信息中枢的核心，负责将信息分配到整个大脑。
'Weak' communications means that it is more difficult for the prefrontal cortex to control the feelings of anger that are generated within the amygdala when the levels of serotonin are low.
交流不畅就意味着血清素水平降低时，前额皮质难以控制杏仁核内产生的愤怒情绪。
On the other hand, subjects who chose the larger Amazon gift certificate showed increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, which allowed them to do the math and select the "rational" option.
选择了较大礼券的人，显示出更多前额叶皮层的活动，那是他们用来做数学题和“理性”选择的区域。
The prefrontal cortex is key to theory of mind.
前额皮质是心理理论的重要部分。
The prefrontal cortex is closely linked to our highest cognitive functions.
前额叶皮层与我们最高级别的认知功能紧密相连。
The prefrontal cortex is key to complex thoughts and behaviors, including language, social behavior and decision-making.
前额皮质是决定包括语言、社交行为和决策等复杂思考和行为的关键。
The prefrontal cortex of the brain, responsible for logic and reasoning, is inactive during sleep, thus allowing all sorts of crazy images to evolve uncensored.
大脑前额叶皮层具有承担逻辑和推理的功能，当人进入睡眠状态时，它也进入休息状态，这就给了其他各种疯狂怪异的图片随意出现在梦境的可能。
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