The frontal lobe is a large part of the brain. It extends from the front of the brain almost halfway to the back, and it helps humans perform complex tasks, innovate, and imagine. Damage to the ...

Damage to frontal areas is common both because ... He argues that the frontal lobes, unlike other areas of the brain, do not localize mental operations, but rather operate as a whole.

Another study investigated the influence of passenger seating positions on head injuries during frontal crashes. It found that certain reclined angles could minimize head injury criteria ...

Brain damage can cause major personality changes, and in some rare cases, patients can become pathological jokesters, unable to suppress the urge to make silly jests or childish puns, even in ...

(For more, see Left Brain - Right Brain.) Lobes of the Brain The cerebral hemispheres are commonly mapped out based on four large regions—the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe ...

They also demonstrated brain atrophy—that is, shrinkage of the cerebral cortex in the frontal lobes. The mechanisms ... it causes vascular problems that also damage the brain, he noted.