The Amazing Human Body

08 Fronal Lobe


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Episode 8
The frontal lobe mainly contains dopamine-reactive neurons, which means it's extra sensitive in determining our behavior. From here everything from reward, planning, short-term memory and motivation is controlled. If you are bad at planning for example it probably comes down to you having a poorly evolved frontal lobe, but don't worry, the frontal lobe is one of the last things that fully develops inside the brain. Hang in there, there's still hope!
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The Amazing Human BodyBy Matthew Stingleback