The brain's frontal lobe may be organized in a front-to-back continuum, with concrete decision-making occurring toward the back of the lobe and abstract thought toward the front, according to a recent ...

Scientists have found the region of the brain responsible for a person’s ability to deal with new problems by examining brain-damaged patients. Researchers, led by experts from the National Hospital ...

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 ...

For 150 years, Broca's area has defined speech production. Now scientists have discovered a second parallel system that ...

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its ...