2. THE FRONTAL LOBE
The frontal lobe is the part of
the brain that controls important cognitive
skills in humans, such as emotional
expression, problem solving, memory,
language, judgment, and sexual behavior.
It is, in essence, the “control panel”
of our personality and our ability to
communicate.
Located at the front of the brain, it
is one of the four major lobes of
the
3. MUSIC AND THE FRONTAL LOBE
• Music enters the brain through its
emotional regions, which include the
temporal lobe and limbic system.
• From there, some kinds of music tend to
produce a frontal love response that
influences the will, moral worth, and
reasoning powers.
• Other kinds of music will evoke very little, if
any, frontal lobe response, but will produce
a large emotional response with very little
logical or moral interpretation.
4. MUSIC AND THE FRONTAL LOBE
• The Lure of Popular Music.--
Everywhere the frivolity of young men
and young women who profess to
believe the truth is seen. God does not
seem to be in their thoughts. Their
minds are filled with nonsense. Their
conversation is only empty, vain talk.
They have a keen ear for music, and
Satan knows what organs to excite to
animate, engross, and charm the mind
so that Christ is not desired. The
spiritual longings of the soul for divine
knowledge, for a growth in grace, are
wanting.
5. • Harmonious types of hymns
and symphonies, on the other
hand, can produce a very
beneficial frontal lobe
response .
• This is the kind of musical
environment in which our
children should be raised-
music that can produce a
positive rather than a negative
7. SUMMARY OF 17 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF BAD TV WATCHING
1. Produces a hypnotic effect,
bypassing frontal lobe filtering
2. Reduces interest in reading and
learning
3. Weakens brain power
4. Encourages poor lifestyle habits
5. Encourages obesity
6. Increases daydreaming ( Castle
Building )
8. 8. May reduce our
powers of
discrimination
9. Trains in non-
reaction
10. Influences
viewers to regard
violence lightly
11. Makes children
more irritable.
12. Increases
aggressiveness.
13. Accelerates
sexual activity.
14. Addictive.
15. Reduces time
available for
productive
achievement.
16. Steals time from
family
interaction.
17. Adversely
affects spiritual
9. TEEN SEX AND ITS RESULTS
The current high level of teen sexual
activity results in:
Teens dealing with responsibilities and
problems far beyond their physical and
emotional resources
Teens with diseases that are sexually
transmitted
Teens entire future changed for the
worse
10. AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR DECREASED
AFTER FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT IT.
VERBAL AGGRESSION
DECREASED 32 %
AGGRESSION AGAINST
OBJECTS DECREASED 52 %
AGGRESSION AGAINST
OTHER PEOPLE DECREASED
48 %
Research Done On Habitual MTV
Viewers
11. TV VIEWERS FALTER IN DETECTING A LIE
Television viewers- 52 % detected the
lie (similar to flipping a coin.)
Newspaper readers- 64 %detected the
lie
Radio listeners- 73 % detected the lie.
Ability to discriminate suffers under
the influence of television.
Television strengthens negative
12. TV OR NOT TV: FAT IS THE QUESTION
• Metabolic rate of children ages 8 to 12
during television viewing was
significantly lower than when children
were at rest doing nothing
• Lower metabolism combined with the
high fat snacks eaten during the hours in
front of the TV places children at high risk
for obesity
• Kids watch 26 hours of TV weekly on the
average
13. BRAIN POWER USE IT OR LOSE IT
• Television weakens Brain
Power
Activities that strengthen
the mind:
• Playing bridge
• Crossword puzzles
Activities that do not:
• Bingo- it kills the mind
• Television- the worst
thing that could be
done is to sit and
14. HYPNOSIS AND THE FRONTAL LOBE
Despite its innocent
demeanor cultivated by
circus performances,
media presentation and
mass programs,
Hypnotism can cause
serious side effects.
15. AMONG THE DOWN SIDES OF THIS POPULAR
THEME: IS FRONTAL LOBE IMPAIRMENT
• Under the influence of modern fast moving
television, the frontal lobe cannot function
at its full capacity. The brain records
information; sight, memory and emotions
are all affected.
• Prayer can cure this impairment, only trust
God and you can start now to protect and
take care of your frontal lobes.
This aids in your spiritual and social
development.
17. THE FRONTAL LOBE:
• The frontal lobe is an area in the brain of
humans and other mammals, located at the
front of each cerebral Hemisphere.
• The executive functions of the frontal lobes
involve the ability to recognize future
consequences resulting from current
actions, to choose between good and bad
actions (or better and best), override and
suppress unacceptable social responses,
and determine similarities and differences
between things or events. Therefore, it is
involved in higher mental functions.
18. THE FRONTAL LOBE:
THE CROWN OF THE BRAIN
Scientific studies have
Shown that the Frontal lobe
Is the seat of
• Spirituality
• Morality
• The will
• It is the seat of judgment,
Reasoning, intellect and will
• It is the control center for of our entire being.
“And they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads.” Rev 22:4
19. Frontal Lobe size of
Human vs. Animals
CATS DOG CHIMPANZE HUMANS
% of Brain
in Frontal
Lobe usage
3.5 %
7
%
17
%
33 %
20. FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE OF
A NEWBORN = As the child developed
• Did not respond to parental
discipline
• Always sought gratification
of his immediate needs
• Never developed adequate
friendships
• Blamed his difficulties on
others
• Was irresponsible and
tended to wander
• Was easily influenced by
other deviant children
• Masturbated regularly and
21. RESULTS OF FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE
IN CHILDREN
• Temper outburst when frustrated
• Verbally and physically assaultive
in an abrupt, unpredictable, and
short- lived manner
• Sexually promiscuity from early
teens
22. - NO SUSTAINED FRIENDSHIPS
- INTERMITTED HEAVY USER OF
ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA
- IMPULSIVELY ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE
23. EFFECTS OF COMPROMISED FRONTAL
LOBES OF ADULTS
• Impairment of moral principle
• Social impairment (loss of love for
family)
• Lack of foresight
• Incapable of abstract reasoning
• Cannot interpret proverbs
• Diminished ability for mathematical
understanding
• Loss of empathy
24. • Memory impairment (especially of
recent events)
• Distractibility and restlessness
• Flight of ideas (fantasies)
• Apathy (lack of initiative
• Indifference to one’s condition
(happy-go-lucky)
• Lack of restraint (boasting,
hostility, aggressiveness
25. FRONTAL LOBE DISEASES
Mania- A mood disorder; an affective disorder in
which the victim tends to respond excessively
and sometimes violently.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)- A form of
anxiety characterized by an obsessive
compulsion to repeatedly perform trivial or
meaningless actions.
Appetite increase- constant overeating
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)- A
condition of the brain that results in excessive
activity (hyperactivity), impulsivity, and
difficulties with focusing attention. ADHD often
makes it difficult for children to control their
behavior in school and social settings.
26. TREAT THE FRONT BRAIN WITH CARE
1) Protect it from mechanical injury.
2) Prevent or control underlying diseases that
may damage the frontal lobe.
3) Give it an adequate supply of oxygen from
the blood.
4) Supply it with good nutrition by eating the
right foods and avoiding the wrong ones.
5) Get adequate sunshine.
6) Exercise it
7) Provide proper inputs by controlling what
we see and hear.
27. EXERCISING THE BRAIN WILL EXPAND IT
If occupied with trivial, commonplace matters only,
never summoned to earnest effort to comprehend
great and eternal truths, it becomes dwarfed and
enfeebled.
Hence the value of the scriptures as a means of
intellectual culture.”
Say firmly: "I will not spend precious moments in
reading that which will be of no profit to me, and
which only unfits me to be of service to others. I
will devote my time and my thoughts to
acquiring a fitness for God's service. I will close
my eyes to frivolous and sinful things. My ears
are the Lord's, and I will not listen to the subtle
reasoning of the enemy. My voice shall not in
any way be subject to a will that is not under the
influence of the Spirit of God. My body is the
28. READ THE BIBLE AND STRENGTHEN THE INTELLECT
“ The Bible, just as it reads, is to
be our guide.
Nothing is so calculated to
enlarge the mind and strengthen
the intellect as the study of the
bible.
No other study will so elevate the
soul and give vigor to the
faculties as the study of the living
29. The impact of music on shaping the character (and hence
the frontal lobe) was recognized at least 23 centuries ago.
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C.,
recognized that music can either be beneficial or detrimental
to our character, depending on the kind of music we expose
ourselves to. He wrote, “Music directly represents the
passions or states of the soul—gentleness, anger, courage,
temperance, and their opposites and other qualities; hence,
when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion he
becomes imbued with the same passion; and if over a long
time he habitually listens to the kind of music that rouses
ignoble [degraded or vulgar] passions his whole character will
be shaped to an ignoble form. In short, if one listens to the
wrong kind of music he will become the wrong kind of
person; but, conversely, if he listens to the right kind of music
he will tend to become the right kind of person.” Aristotle
unwittingly referred to the frontal lobe, where we now know
the seat of our character resides.
30. READ THE BIBLE AND STRENGTHEN THE
INTELLECT.
As the mind is brought to the
study of God’s word, the
understanding will enlarge
and the higher power will
develop for the
comprehension of high and
ennobling truth.”
The Bible and basic psychology says that what you behold
or perceive – that you become, 2 Corinthians 3:18. In other
words, what you spend your time listening, watching and
interacting with, you will slowly, but surely, become or
31. FOOD FOR THE BRAIN
• Whole Grains for Mental
alertness
• Blueberries for short term
memory loss
• Certain B vitamins - B6, B12
and folic acid to reduce risks
of cognitive issues
• Vitamin C has the power to
increase mental agility
• Sage has long had a
reputation for improving
memory
• Good sources of O mega 3
fatty acids- Linseed, Flaxseed,
pumpkin seeds
• Tomatoes to combat those
mean Free Radicals
• Broccoli a great source of
vitamin K, which is known to
enhance cognitive function
and improve brainpower.
• Nuts are a great source of
vitamin E along with leafy
green vegetables, asparagus,
& olives
If you are considering taking a
supplement it is best to discuss
this with a doctor or qualified
healthcare professional.
32. REFERENCES
• WedMd.com
• Healthful Living By Ellen G White ( Christian
Author )
• Livestrong.com
• Proof Positive By Dr. Neil Nedley (Christian
Brain Specialist)
• Adventist Home By Ellen G White