Where is it? It’s the front and top of your head
What does it do? This part of the brain handles thinking, decision- making, and planning.
You use your frontal lobe nearly everyday. You use it to make decisions, such as what to eat or drink for breakfast in the morning. It’s where you make a plan for your day, and concentrate on your “To Do” list. It’s where your personality is formed and why when a person has an accident or injury to the frontal lobe people notice a change to a person’s personality.
Here is a little neuroscience history:
In the mid 1800s, Phineas Gage, a railroad worker, somehow miraculously survived an accident where a large iron pole was driven into his head, specifically into the frontal lobe. After the incident, Gage’s personality was said to have changed dramatically. His friends and family said that the once kind and hard-working Gage had changed into a lazy and rude man until he died years later. However, this incident allowed doctors and psychologists to analyze the brain and see the importance and functions of the frontal lobe.
