The largest part of the brain is the highly-evolved cerebrum. The topmost portion is divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes, within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral ...

For instance, young adults who studied language intensively increased their cortical thickness in language areas. Similarly, ...

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 ...

Back to the lobes, in the teenage brain, the frontal lobe, which is responsible for problem solving, judgement and impulse control, isn't fully developed, so because you're dealing with heightened ...