Surely fruitful answers to the granularity question will vary by psychological function, by brain region, and by research method. The extensive literature on functional laterality in frontal cortex ...

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Introduction: Studies suggest an involvement of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) in reward prediction and processing ... In addition, we observed greater frontal brain activation to gains, ...

Adolescence ... areas of the brain: the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, and anterior insula. Each region contributes to essential brain functions related to emotion ...

Studies of brain activity have found relatively low activation of the frontal lobes as participants with schizophrenia engage in cognitive tasks, as well as abnormalities in the function of the ...

Conclusion Longstanding tobacco smoking was mainly associated with atrophy in the frontal lobe cortex. A long-term stimulation of nicotine receptors in the frontal neural pathway might be harmful for ...

Recent research into the neural effects of alcohol and recreational drugs suggests that the developmental trajectory of the adolescent brain may be particularly vulnerable to pharmacological ...

In the course of recovery from addiction, brain gets unstuck; areas that lost connectivity—particularly the prefrontal cortex—regain their normal neural power. Gradually, executive function is ...

dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and anterior insula). These regions of the brain are involved in important cognitive functions such as decision-making, memory, attention and emotional processing.