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。
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。
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。
When a group of men looked at images of overweight men, there was no medial prefrontal cortex activity.
而当一组男性观看肥胖男性的图片时，他们的内侧前额叶皮质并不活跃。
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。
Half were then given magnetic stimulation on the right side of their prefrontal cortex, half on the left.
一半的志愿者的右侧前额叶皮层受到磁铁刺激，另一半左侧受到刺激。
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。
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。
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)。
Stress, Thompson explains, impairs our ability to use our prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that organizes, plans and processes information.
汤普森解释说，压力削弱了我们使用前额皮质的能力。 前额皮质是大脑组织、计划和处理信息的部分。
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。
This is due to the channel capacity of our working memory and how many discrete chunks of information we can process in our prefrontal cortex at a time.
这主要取决于我们即时记忆的容量和前额皮质可以同时处理的信息块数量。
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。
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。
Expert meditators also show spikes of brain activity in the left prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain that has generally been associated with positive emotions.
冥想专家也显示了左前额叶皮层大脑活动的尖峰激励状态，大脑的这一区域通常和积极的情绪联系在一起。
Above-average conscientiousness was associated with a larger region of the lateral prefrontal cortex, which is involved in planning and voluntary control of behavior.
对于和负责型性格吻合程度较高的受试者，他们前额叶皮层的外侧较发达，而该区域和制定计划以及对行为的自发性控制有关。
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。
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。
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