The orbitofrontal cortex is lit up because I was thinking of you.

眶额叶是亮着的因为我在想你。

But not all parts of the brain are equally involved; the limbic system (the “emotional brain”) is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet.

但并非大脑的所有部分都一样，脑边缘系统（“情绪大脑”）异常活跃，而前额层（思维和推理的中心 地带）则静大。

I was thinking of going to the lecture on posterior cingulate cortex lesions in the formation of autobiographical memory.

我在想要不要去听一场讲座关于自传体记忆形成中的的后扣带层损伤。

Now, the prefrontal cortex, that youngest part of our brain from an evolutionary perspective, it understands on an intellectual level that we shouldn't smoke.

其实，前额叶，从进化的角度来看， 是我们大脑最年轻的部份，它明白，理智上我们不应该抽烟。

Our prefrontal cortex, a small area in the brain, is responsible for our willpower.

我们的前额叶负责我们的意志力，这是大脑中的一小块区域。

The prefrontal cortex is pretty busy.

前额叶忙。

Now, all this happens primarily in your brain's prefrontal cortex.

所有的这些主要发生在你大脑的前额叶层。

Teenagers 'get a kick out of' and are rewarded for taking risks by one part of the brain – the limbic system – while the other part – the pre-frontal cortex – does little to slow things down.

青少年的大脑边缘系统会使其在冒险后有一种收获感，而他们大脑的另一部分，前额会削弱这种感受，但是后者效果较小。

The inner portion is the renal medulla and the outside rim is the renal cortex.

内层为肾髓，外层为肾。

The prefrontal cortex's job is essentially to bias the brain toward doing the harder thing.

本上前额叶区的工作是使大脑偏向去做更难的事情。

For random and incoherent sound, what we call noise, the auditory cortex perceives it as such and pays no attention to it unless it causes us pain.

于随机和不连贯的声音，也就是我们所说的噪音，听觉层会感知到它，并且不会理会它，除非它给我们带来痛苦。

Meanwhile, the amygdala and cingulate cortex, regions associated with emotion and motivation, are highly active.

与此同时，与情绪和动机关的杏仁核和扣带层高度活跃。

The effect reaches key parts of the brain, such as the prefrontal cortex, where we do planning and reasoning and the hippocampus where we create memories.

产生的效果可以影响脑的关键部分，比方说管理决策能力的前额叶和管理情绪的海马体。

Here, the reptilian brain is functioning on autopilot despite the permanent loss of other cortexes.

在这里，尽管其他层永丧失，但爬虫脑扔在自动运行。

But the inner cortex of thinner hair breaks off less evenly.

但较细毛发的内部层断裂茬口并不整。

But the visual cortices of sighted people didn't show consistent activation.

但有视力者的视觉层并未显示出一致的激活。

The motor cortex is a part of the brain's outermost layer, the cerebral cortex.

运动是大脑最外层——大脑层的一部分。

They found that dogs have many more neurons in the cerebral cortex than cats do.

他们发现，狗大脑层的神经元数量比猫多。

Our movements are planned, controlled, and executed by our brains, the motor cortex.

我们的运动是由我们的大脑，即运动层来计划、控制和执行的。

So what that tells us is that the cortex is kind of a one-trick pony.

这告诉我们就像 只会一种把戏的小马驹。