Place your hand on the right side of the forehead above eye and below hairline. Beneath the skull right at this spot is the prefrontal cortex of the human brain giving us ability to have control over gaze and visual arena.
The prefrontal cortex gives us visual search and gaze control and is responsible for
- Executive Functions which are the higher functions within the human brain
- problem solving
- working memory
- short term memory processes
- inhibitory controls
- flexibility
- queues to any motor responses needing attention
- certain aspects of IQ like spatial planning, goal planning or delayed response
2.Encoding memories
- Right side is episodic memories or putting them in order
- left side does encoding of memories
3.Language
- verbal fluency
- narrative expression
- spontaneous speech
