So how much of your brain do you really need to survive? Neuroscientists are still investigating this question, and there ...

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 ...

Although we know a lot about the brain and what it does, we still have much left to learn about the most complex organ in the ...

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 ...

On the brain's surface a filigree of arteries feeds blood to the region under the surgeons' urgent scrutiny: a part of her left frontal lobe critical to the production of spoken language.

A major international study, published this week in JAMA Psychiatry, has identified a powerful new brain-based biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), marking a potential turning point in how ...

These connections link together its various lobes and also link sensory input and motor output with the brain’s message centers, allowing information to come in and be sent back out. One major ...

A study by the University of Fukui used advanced brain imaging to identify key white matter connectivity differences in ...

to avoid damaging the parts of the brain that are needed for memory to work well." In the first study of its kind, the researchers examined 84 people with temporal lobe epilepsy (epilepsy arising ...