Neuroscientists analyzed how the prefrontal cortex filters through conflicting stimuli to determine when, say, it’s safe to ...

For those adults wanting to pursue diagnostic evaluation for ADHD, Fargason says the best place is to start with a primary ...

Having a word “on the tip of the tongue” has happened to all of us. Behind this everyday phenomenon lie complex brain ...

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

Your brain constantly juggles sensory information to make split-second decisions, but how? A new latent circuit model ...

Discover how your mind filters out distractions. New research reveals the specialized neural mechanisms that actively block ...

A new model allows researchers to predict how decision-making changes when specific neural connections are strengthened or ...

One brain region critical for decision making is the prefrontal cortex, which sits just behind the eyes and is lauded as the epicenter of higher cognition. Previous research found that the response of ...

It is homing in on recently published findings that found engagement in a part of babies’ brains when viewing smiling or ...