Prefrontal Cortex

1. Position

1.1. Right behind our forehead and eyes

2. Function

2.1. Past: mainly controlling physical movement (a kind of protoself-control)

2.2. Now: new functions at controlling what you pay attention to, what you think about and even how you feel (what you do)

3. Evolution

3.1. bigger and better connected to other areas of the brain

3.2. It now takes up a larger portion of the human brain than in the brains of other species.

4. Division

4.1. Upper Left: "I will" power

4.2. Upper Right: "I won't" power

4.3. Lower Middle: "I want" power