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BNC: 47520 COCA: 38933
BNC: 47520 COCA: 38933

forebrain

noun

fore·​brain ˈfȯr-ˌbrān How to pronounce forebrain (audio)
: the anterior of the three primary divisions of the developing vertebrate brain or the corresponding part of the adult brain that includes especially the cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus and that especially in higher vertebrates is the main control center for sensory and associative information processing, visceral functions, and voluntary motor functions

called also prosencephalon

compare diencephalon, telencephalon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Still, the new findings suggest an enlarged forebrain could be part of what gave them their edge. Nala Rogers | Inside Science, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2021 During development, the eyes are part of the embryonic forebrain. Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2020 Paşca and his colleagues have now used organoid models of parts of the human forebrain—the seat of higher cognitive abilities such as complex thought, perception and voluntary movement—to peer into how gene activity drives brain development. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2020 In the study, published Thursday in Science, Paşca’s team coaxed human induced pluripotent stem cells into 3-D cultures mimicking the earliest stage of two parts of the forebrain. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2020 Once through the plate, N. fowleri gets into the olfactory bulb—the structure in the forebrain involved in smell. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 26 July 2019 Located in the forebrain, this bulb is directly connected to the olfactory receptor neurons that line the inside the nose. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017 But all that is the product of our forebrains — where cool, dispassionate reason lives. Time, 15 Aug. 2017 Instead, their biological key to success lies in a section of their forebrain called the hyperstriatum, which allows them to perform similar tasks. National Geographic, 16 May 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forebrain was in 1879
BNC: 47520 COCA: 38933

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