MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

In this figure, fMRI data show which areas of the brain are active as a study subject either experiences an emotion or tries to modify it. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (labeled vmPFC) becomes ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information.

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly ...

(left) Coronal section of the locus coeruleus with the different populations of cells labeled with different colored retrograde tracers from the amygdala or medial prefrontal cortex. (right) A ...

The greatest enemy of anyone below 25 is the prefrontal cortex. Indeed, it is the devil on your shoulder that whispers in your ear, telling you to smoke that weed the night before your economics ...