Unlike Alzheimer's, which is characterized by memory problems, frontotemporal dementia involves degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, affecting personality and behavior.

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 ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...