frontal

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Barbara Sahakian, a neuropsychologist at the University of Cambridge who specialises in ADHD, said the condition affects the brain's frontal lobe, which play a key role in organisation and focus.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

However, the widely repeated claim that brain development, especially in the frontal lobe, stops at 25 is not accurate.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

The frontal lobe is responsible for many higher level abilities, including planning, decision making, judgment, and emotional control.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Roughly 8 feet square, this dense frontal forest of figures—part human, part animal, part vegetal—in acidic blues, yellows and greens, is Cubist, Surrealist, Afro-Cuban.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

This achieved the desired result, blocking the treaty, while avoiding a frontal assault on executive power.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis