In a small percentage of people with Alzheimer’s disease, behavioral changes early on—such as a disregard for social norms or loss of empathy—can lead physicians to mistakenly diagnose behavioral ...

Geraldine Dawson, Laura Grofer Klinger, Heracles Panagiotides, Deborah Hill and Susan Spieker Studies of adults and infants indicate that the left frontal brain region is specialized for approach ...

The contribution of medial temporal lobe structures to memory is well established. However recent brain-imaging studies have indicated that frontal cortex may also be involved in human memory ...

Located at the front of the brain, your frontal lobe is responsible for high-cognitive functions like self-control, memory, and emotional expression. It’s essential for personality and communication ...

As we age, our brains slowly shrink in volume and weight. This includes significant atrophy within the frontal lobes, the seat of executive functioning. Executive functions include planning, ...

Recently, I reviewed how our “caveperson brains” react to the pandemic. But is there anything we can do about it? While we can’t do much to control our caveperson brain, there is another part of our ...

Could Donald Trump have tertiary stage syphilis? Instagram user @epistemiccrisis, a physical therapist, explores possible ...

The frontal lobe helps with thinking, planning, memory, and self-control. To keep your frontal lobe healthy, do puzzles, ...

Bruce Willis‘ family announced today that the actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare disease that will greatly affect his quality of life. Loosely defined, FTD represents ...

A frontal lobe headache is when there is mild to severe pain in your forehead or temples. Most frontal lobe headaches result from stress. Almost everyone has had a headache at some point in life. A ...

Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are more prevalent in males than females. The biological basis of this difference remains unclear. It has been postulated that one of the primary causes of ASC is a ...