The Executive Brain is a popular account of the importance of the frontal lobes for human functioning. The autobiographical elements in the sections that deal with Goldberg's decision to leave Russia ...

A woman in her 40s presented with progressive cognitive decline, expressive language difficulty and episodic confusion. Her initial symptoms were misattributed to psychiatric illness, and later to ...

A 58 year-old man presented with the acute onset of language disturbance. His speech was fluent but nonsensical, with frequent word substitutions and neologisms. His was unable to follow any commands.

Damage to the hippocampus in humans can cause profound impairments in long-term episodic memory, but the precise functional contribution of the hippocampus remains the subject of several competing ...

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

This study uses a Bayesian framework to characterize latent brain state dynamics associated with memory encoding and performance in children, as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

Foods that are high in saturated fats and sodium increase the risk of heart issues like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease. In contrast, foods that support heart health ...