The Executive Brain is a popular account of the importance of the frontal lobes for human functioning. The autobiographical elements in the sections that deal with Goldberg's decision to leave ...

The frontal lobe is one of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex. The other lobes are the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe. Each of the four lobes has specific functions.

The authors instead suggest that the hippocampus and the perirhinal cortex both play a role in recollection and familiarity, and that these two regions of the medial temporal lobe differ mainly in ...

Northwestern researchers have made notable scientific advancements in the past week. The Daily compiled a recap of their ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

Scientists are developing a brain-computer interface to help patients with Broca’s aphasia regain speech. Broca’s aphasia ...

Wang (left) and Cao Researchers at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word “cat” is stuck on the tip ...

The MCA supplies most of the temporal lobe, the anterolateral frontal lobe, and the lateral parietal lobe. Perforating branches supply the posterior limb of the internal capsule, part of the head ...