Getting a good night's sleep requires a balance of internal and external factors. Internal factors include the role of diet ...

Structures of the limbic system, including the olfactory cortex, amygdala and the hippocampus are located within the temporal lobes. The upper and central regions receive auditory input from the ...

First, the frontal lobe (of the neocortex), which has the ability to suppress truth—yes, it’s capable of dishonesty due to its intellectual role. Second, the limbic system due to the anxiety ...

structures in the temporal lobes and limbic system supply drive and motivation, which Flaherty believes are more important parts of the creative equation than talent itself. This applies not only ...

Image caption, The limbic system of the brain sets in motion the physical reaction of laughter. There is no scientific consensus on what makes us laugh but it is thought the frontal lobe at the ...

What Is the Frontal Lobe? Your frontal lobe is one of four different sections (also called lobes) of your brain. The four lobes in your brain are called the frontal, parietal, temporal ...

As the 2011 study found, there was an association between conservative views and increased gray matter in the amygdala, a ...

Those experiences are processed in the frontal lobe, where memory and abstract thought are processed. The sensation of being ...

As she explains, there are three distinct parts of the brain where memories are made: the frontal lobes, the limbic system and the brainstem. When we have “non-threatening” experiences ...

Second, there is increasing evidence that the frontal lobes have very close connections to subcortical processing in the basal ganglia, cerebellum and limbic areas. Goldberg points out the ...

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common virus-associated severe encephalitis, involving brain lesions in areas such as the limbic portion of the temporal lobe as well as the frontal lobe.