The frontal lobe is the front portion of the brain and the largest of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex. It controls thinking skills, reasoning, self-control, and motor function.

Unlike our caveperson brain, which functions continuously, our prefrontal cortex is more like a battery (Lowe et al., 2019; McGonigal, 2011). Essentially, we “drain our frontal lobe battery ...

Here’s why: The pre-frontal cortex, the area in the brain right behind the forehead, controls our executive function: the ability to plan, organize and use memory. It even regulates moods.

According to mental health specialists, the human brain's frontal lobe is not fully mature until we reach the age of 25, which explains the impulsive decisions many make in their teens that ...

Analytical problem-solving recruits areas of the brain involved in “executive” processes such as “working” memory that rely on the brain’s frontal lobes.

Signs of dementia, like forgetting important names and dates or seeing things that aren’t there, are pretty common. But new studies show that how you eat your food could indicate whether or not you’ve ...

Here’s a notion that might make some science feathers ruffle: decades of neurosurgical data imply your mind may not be ...

ABC13 visited Houston Methodists' FTD Unit, one of a select few in the nation, where they're working to treat patients and ...

Researchers have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving.

Unlike our caveperson brain, which functions continuously, our prefrontal cortex is more like a battery (Lowe et al., 2019; McGonigal, 2011). Essentially, we “drain our frontal lobe battery ...

In other words, the teen brain is a work in progress, yet sometimes parents expect teens’ actions to match their developed bodies. They won’t, always. Here’s why: ...