Dr. Stuss wanted to investigate whether different frontal lobe lesions were particularly important in impairing sustained attention and task performance.

Damage To The Frontal Lobes Can Affect A Person's Ability To 'Stay On The Job' Date: October 7, 2003 Source: Baycrest Center For Geriatric Care Summary: A new study sheds light on why brain injury ...

There has long been controversy about the function of the frontal lobes in memory. Historically, in lesion studies, the frontal lobes were discussed as if they represented a single functional unit, ...

The frontal lobes are critical for cognitive control over both abstract actions and motor plans. On the basis of the behavioral deficits of lesions patients, the authors report that there is a ...

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

Greater white matter injury volume in the frontal lobe significantly predicted adverse motor and cognitive outcomes in a new study, while parietal and temporal lobe volumes predicted poor motor ...

The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and damage to this area can result in profound impairments in reasoning and decision making. Neuroscientists studied brain-lesion ...

After controlling for age and hypertension, subjects with depression exhibited significantly greater total white matter lesion volume in both hemispheres and in both frontal lobes than did control ...

Does the etiology of frontal lobe pathology influence the patient's moral reasoning?

Exclusively frontal lesions were associated with delusions in 10 of 29 (34.5) cases- four with right frontal and six with bifrontal lesions. None had lesions sparing the frontal lobes.

Dysfunction of the frontal lobes may cause distortions of episodic memory as well as false memories, such as information that is associated with the wrong context 14 or with incorrect specific ...

The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and thought to be the part that expanded most during human evolution. Damage to the frontal lobes—which are located just behind and ...