Anatomy of the frontal lobes

Subdivisions of the frontal lobe

Subdivisions of premotor areas

Prefrontal cortex

Divisions of the prefrontal cortex

Motor cortex

Connections of the premotor areas

Eye fields

Dorsolateral prefrontal area

Orbital frontal cortex

Frontal lobe functions

Functions of the premotor cortex

Premotor cortex and movement

Functions of the prefrontal cortex

Internal cues

External cues

Orbital frontal cortex

Context cues

Autonoetic awareness

Left frontal lobe

Right frontal lobe

Damage to the primary motor cortex

Damage to the premotor or dorsolateral cortex

Damage to the frontal eye fields

Damage to Broca's area

Damage to the supplementary motor cortex

Convergent thinking

Divergent thinking

Loss of behavioural spontaneity

Frontal lobe lesions

Loss of response inhibition

Risks

Loss of associative learning

Pseudodepression

Pseudopsychopathy

Orbitofrontal lesions

Dorsolateral lesions

Damage to the frontal facial area

Schizophrenia

Parkinson's disease

Korsakoff's