Frontal lobe

Protected by the frontal bone (which forms the anterior region of the cranial vault), the frontal lobe borders the parietal lobe (postero-superiorly), the temporal lobe (postero-laterally), the orbital cavity and the floor of the anterior cranial fossa (below).
Seat of several important functional areas of the brain (including Broca's area and the primary motor cortex), the frontal lobe plays a key role in the control of voluntary movements, in the production of spoken and written language, in the peculiarities of the character, in the long-term memory, in the management of attention, in the ability to plan, in the programming of behaviors and actions associated with the so-called reward system and in the ability to classify objects.