Language, empathy, attention - as different as these abilities may be, one brain region is involved in all these processes: The inferior parietal lobe (IPL). Yet until now it was unclear exactly what ...

An acquired difficulty in the ability to write is commonly seen in association with disorders of language, but in contrast to a selective difficulty with reading, its occurrence as an isolated sign of ...

More than 100 years after it was first described, hemineglect—also known as unilateral spatial neglect, or unilateral inattention—is still one of the most fascinating and mysterious of the ...

Einstein's brain had extraordinary folding patterns in several regions, which may help explain his genius, newly uncovered photographs suggest. The photographs, published Nov. 16 in the journal Brain, ...

Dr. Ashwin Amurthur (Neurology): A 57-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of persistent visual disturbances involving the right visual field, episodes of shaking of the right arm and ...

The cerebral cortex of your brain is the outermost layer. It's the part of the brain that appears wrinkled because it has a lot of folds. Your cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres. Each ...

Spoilers follow for Star Trek: Picard Episode 2. In “Maps and Legends,” the second episode of Star Trek: Picard, our stalwart title character has a conversation with one Dr. Moritz Benayoun (played by ...

Glioblastoma Multiforme (Parietal Lobe). T1-weighted with gadolinium MRIs; (Left) axial image; (Right) coronal image. Note the large enhancing mass in the deep right parietal lobe. On the coronal scan ...