If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't ...
As if grappling with memory loss isn’t hard enough, a subset of people with Alzheimer’s disease have behavioral problems that rival their cognitive ones. Previously dubbed “frontal variant AD,” this ...
In a small percentage of people with Alzheimer’s disease, behavioral changes early on—such as a disregard for social norms or loss of empathy—can lead physicians to mistakenly diagnose behavioral ...
Geraldine Dawson, Laura Grofer Klinger, Heracles Panagiotides, Deborah Hill and Susan Spieker Studies of adults and infants indicate that the left frontal brain region is specialized for approach ...
Recently, I reviewed how our “caveperson brains” react to the pandemic. But is there anything we can do about it? While we can’t do much to control our caveperson brain, there is another part of our ...
As we age, our brains slowly shrink in volume and weight. This includes significant atrophy within the frontal lobes, the seat of executive functioning. Executive functions include planning, ...
The contribution of medial temporal lobe structures to memory is well established. However recent brain-imaging studies have indicated that frontal cortex may also be involved in human memory ...
* Seizure spread across the brain, not just origin, drives awareness loss * Findings may inspire //future treatments like brain stimulation Researchers have long known that seizures can affect ...
A frontal lobe headache is when there is mild to severe pain in your forehead or temples. Most frontal lobe headaches result from stress. Almost everyone has had a headache at some point in life. A ...
Recently, I reviewed how our “caveperson brains” react to the pandemic. But is there anything we can do about it? While we can’t do much to control our caveperson brain, there is another part of our ...
Bruce Willis‘ family announced today that the actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare disease that will greatly affect his quality of life. Loosely defined, FTD represents ...