The largest part of the brain is the highly-evolved cerebrum. The topmost portion is divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes, within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral ...

Researchers have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain's activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal ...

Located within the occipital lobes is the primary visual cortex, a region of the brain that receives visual input from the retina, which is then interpreted in the occipital lobes. The peristriate ...

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 ...

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

Back to the lobes, in the teenage brain, the frontal lobe, which is responsible for problem solving, judgement and impulse control, isn't fully developed, so because you're dealing with heightened ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan ...

Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes—the seat of memory—according to a new USC-led study. The findings, seen in people with and without ...