Cortical regions in the frontal lobe lying anterior to the
primary and premotor cortices. The prefrontal cortex mediates a
variety of executive functions, with a dorsal-lateral sector
involved in working memory processes, planning and decision
making, and a ventral-medial (orbitomedial) sector involved in
emotion and the organization of personality and appropriate
social behavior. anterior frontal lobe involved in associational
functions related to cognition and executive control See
Also:Frontal lobe