Find out what you need to know about your occipital lobe and its function. Learn about signs of an injury and how to keep the occipital lobe healthy.

The cerebral cortex, also known as gray matter, is your brain’s outermost layer and is located above the cerebrum. Learn more about its vital functions.

The anterior frontal lobes perform less obvious functions than other parts of the brain and in the past were regarded by some surgeons as expendable for daily functions, said Dr. Shibata.

Medically reviewed by Alexis Appelstein, DOMedically reviewed by Alexis Appelstein, DO The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to parts of the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. Also ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex.

A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The findings are ...

A University of Toronto scientist has discovered the brain's frontal lobe is involved in pain transmission to the spine. If his findings in animals bear out in people, the discovery could lead to ...

Pick's disease is one of three dementias classed as frontotemporal dementias; they are all associated with shrinking temporal and frontal anterior lobes of the brain.

Scientists pinpointed the parts of the frontal lobe that preside over reasoning, self-control and decision-making.

Lack of specialist training Neuroscientists and doctors have known about the frontal lobe paradox for at least 50 years, but it is not always understood by non-specialists. This situation can lead ...

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.

The main takeaway of this paper is that bulging of the cerebellum and the parietal lobes are key to the development globularization of our modern, present-day brain.