Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Key Takeaways Frontal lobe damage can cause problems with decision-making, movement, and self-control.  A stroke is a common cause of frontal lobe damage, often ...

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 ...

The frontal lobe is not fully developed until the age of 25. That's why we make reckless decisions before then. But is that ...

Levels of gray matter in two parts of the brain may be linked to a desire to start smoking during adolescence and the strengthening of nicotine addiction, a new study has shown. A team of scientists, ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of brain disorders you may not have heard of and may never encounter firsthand. So, why pay attention to this “rare“ dementia? Because for those affected—and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a humbling moment for our species, the following big news has just been published: When it comes to the frontal lobes, we're not so special after all. Why the mixed findings? One potential reason ...

Scientists show that in the inferior frontal gyrus, neural activity differs in response to food images, depending on whether those images are presented consciously or unconsciously. This difference ...

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