Increased impulsivity, or a lack of impulse control, is a key characteristic of many psychiatric disorders, including alcohol dependence. Recent studies suggest that increased impulsivity is involved ...

A loving relationship can be an oasis in uncertain times, but nurturing it requires attention, honesty, openness, vulnerability, and gratitude. In Why Self-Control Fails in Dementia, I explained how ...

Toronto, CANADA -- A new study sheds light on why brain injury patients have difficulty performing tasks consistently -- a necessary requirement for holding a job. The findings may influence how ...

Learn about Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and how it has affected Bruce Willis. Understand the symptoms, types, and diagnosis ...

In Why Self-Control Fails in Dementia, I explained how part of frontal lobe function is to regulate behavior. Another part of frontal lobe function is to help us plan and organize actions and ...

A dementia propelled in the media recently by the announcement that actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with the condition, frontotemporal dementia refers to a group of disorders caused by the ...

Gayle was hurled into the windshield when her husband’s car broadsided a pickup truck that had rolled through a stop sign. Her forehead splintered the glass. She regained consciousness in the ...

May 8 -- Scientists have pinpointed a key area of the brain that appears to govern personality, including one's religious, social and political beliefs, and even style of dress, according to a new ...

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her team shared in a statement on Thursday. Williams was diagnosed last year following medical testing.