The prefrontal cortex is essential for the control and organization of behaviour. Although progress has been made in understanding the functions of some regions within the frontal lobes, the most ...

People who experience the heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation, may also suffer from a smaller brain, specifically reduced frontal lobe volume, according to a recent Framingham Heart Study. According ...

May 8 -- Scientists have pinpointed a key area of the brain that appears to govern personality, including one's religious, social and political beliefs, and even style of dress, according to a new ...

A Claudia Reardon, psychiatrist specializing in sports psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds, representing about 2 percent of our body weight. The ...