The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has revealed, through fMRI-based brain activity ...

A new study has identified brain regions crucial for remembering words and how they are affected in people with temporal lobe ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been ...

What initially seems like purely psychological trouble may indeed have roots in physical conditions that, once identified, ...

In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like ...

As more nerve cells die, functions regulated by the frontal and temporal lobes start to deteriorate. With the frontal lobe, this includes voluntary movement, expressive language, and executive ...

Frontotemporal dementia also called FTD, is a rarer type of dementia caused by a build up of proteins, tau, FUS and TDP-43, in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Dementia is caused by ...

The occipital lobes' role in these functions means that a stroke to this area can cause partial vision loss, visual hallucinations, or even total blindness. It's the job of arteries to get blood with ...

They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal activity in the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain during object recognition and recalling memories. This achievement promises ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: ...