Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways The frontal lobe helps with thinking, planning, memory, and self-control.To keep your frontal lobe healthy, do puzzles, exercise, and learn new ...

Body parts that humans have fine control over, such as our fingers and tongue, appear larger-than-life on the map, because they take up a disproportionate amount of the primary motor cortex.