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 ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Dementia, a term encompassing a decline in cognitive function, is a complex and often misunderstood condition. More than 55 million people are living with some ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Dementia, a term encompassing a decline in cognitive function, is a complex and often misunderstood condition. More than 55 million people are living with some form of dementia ...

The frontal lobe is the largest of the four lobes of the human brain and is located at the front of the central sulcus. There are several processes that are thought to derive from the frontal lobe ...

Toronto, Aug. 8, 2003 -- In his old age, American humorist Mark Twain once mused that his mental faculties had decayed such that he could remember only things that never happened. "When I was younger, ...

When we think about an episode of our life, whether having coffee with a friend last week or our trip to Europe last year, we may re-experience blowing on that steaming mug of cappuccino or glimpsing ...

The cerebral cortex is your brain’s outermost layer. It has a wrinkled appearance due to the grooves and folds that increase its surface area. Here, we look at the anatomy of the cerebral cortex and ...

The 7-year-old shot in the head at a Houston megachurch has lost a “portion of his (brain’s) frontal lobe,” said his grandmother, whose daughter-in-law – the child’s mother – was killed by police ...

All eyes were fixated on Bryson DeChambeau at the Masters last November. He had won the U.S. Open by six strokes just two months earlier with a breathtaking display of power, and there was some belief ...

When we think about an episode of our life, whether having coffee with a friend last week or our trip to Europe last year, we may re-experience blowing on that steaming mug of cappuccino or glimpsing ...