Every part of the brain surface (the cerebral cortex) has a specific job description. Some areas move the arms, others the legs, still others make it possible to see or speak. But one part of the ...

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) disrupts core cognitive networks that support both language and memory, reflecting the pivotal role of medial and lateral temporal structures. The hippocampus underpins ...

Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety and mood disorders. This is the aim of the project led by researcher Maya ...

A new study links the brain's glymphatic waste-clearance function to seizure freedom after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery, revealing divergent glymphatic-metabolic coupling patterns between ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a disorder marked by progressive degeneration of the frontal and or temporal lobes of the brain. It is the most common form of dementia in people under 60, and it is ...

It had been thought to date that the species Homo sapiens has disproportionately large temporal lobes compared to other anthropoid primates, the group including anthropomorphic monkeys and apes. A new ...

Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has participated in a study published in the journal Quaternary International, on the ...

The lobes and landmarks of the brain surface provide a useful map for understanding human neuroanatomy from a lateral view.

Your brain is wired to conduct your most important work each day through the most intricate neural connections and across your brain’s four major lobes: frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital. But ...