The frontal lobe exists mainly in the anterior (frontal) cranial fossa and rests on the orbital (horizontal) part of the frontal bone. The frontal lobe takes up about 1/3 of the cerebral hemisphere.

Two specific types, frontal lobe dementia and alcohol-induced dementia, share some similarities but have distinct characteristics.

The frontal lobe affects human behavior by controlling decision-making, planning and reasoning. According to the press release, the study, published in the March 1 issue of Nature Neuroscience, is ...

The brain has several lobes, each with different functions. The frontal lobe was the part of the brain targeted in the standard lobotomy operations practiced in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dementia, a term encompassing a decline in cognitive function, is a complex and often misunderstood condition. Two specific types, frontal lobe dementia and alcohol-induced dementia, share some ...

The diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, a brain disorder caused by degeneration of the brain's frontal lobe, comes nearly a year after Willis' family confirmed the movie icon, now 67, was ...

The 7-year-old shot in the head at a Houston megachurch has lost a “portion of his (brain’s) frontal lobe,” said his grandmother, whose daughter-in-law – the child’s mother – was ...

Comparing Moral Judgments of Patients With Frontotemporal Dementia and Frontal Stroke Baez S, Couto B, Torralva T, et al JAMA Neurol. 2014 Jul 21. [Epub ahead of print] ...

Museum opens nudist exhibit — for visitors who also go full-frontal: ‘It’s not so strange’ By Alex Mitchell Published Aug. 28, 2024, 2:53 p.m. ET ...

A lobotomy is a type of brain surgery that involves severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain. Lobotomies became popular in the 1930s as a treatment for certain ...

Frontotemporal lobe dementia has two primary types and other subtypes. The type a person has depends on which protein buildup is causing the dementia as well as where in the frontal or temporal ...

The frontal lobe of the brain is responsible for higher cognitive functions, including memory, emotions, problem-solving, language, judgment and more, according to Healthline, which labeled it the ...