You’ve probably heard that your brain has a right half and left half, known as a hemisphere. Interestingly, each hemisphere of the human brain controls the opposite side of the body. Each half of the ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DOMedically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO The frontal lobe is the front portion of the brain and the largest of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex. It ...

Later, in the early 20th century, neuroanatomists identified the limbic lobe – an arc-shaped part of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes that sits in the middle of the brain – as the seat ...

Certain health conditions can harm the brain, accelerating age-related shrinking and damaging different parts of the brain. The hippocampus and frontal lobes tend to be affected by aging.

In the end, the researchers noted little to no response in the areas of the brain used by language while the participants read code. Instead, they found activation in the multiple demand network, a ...

The temporal lobes are on either side of the brain, nearest to the ears. Their main roles involve memory processing, hearing and language. Both temporal lobes store general knowledge. General ...

Damage to the brain's frontal lobe is known to impair one's ability to think and make choices. And now scientists say they've pinpointed the different parts of this brain region that preside over ...

The frontal lobe is a part of the brain that controls key functions relating to consciousness and communication, memory, attention, and other roles.

Results of a study we published Thursday (Jan. 5) in Nature Ecology & Evolution show that the way the different parts of the human brain evolved separates us from our primate relatives. In a sense ...

The temporal lobes are on either side of the brain, nearest to the ears. Their main roles involve memory processing, hearing and language. Both temporal lobes store general knowledge. General ...