A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn maths, my colleagues ...

孤独症谱系障碍（ASD）是一种成因复杂的神经发育疾病，全球发病率约为1%。ASD以社交兴趣匮乏、语言沟通困难和重复刻板行为等为核心症状，严重影响患儿的学习和适应能力，也为家庭和社会带来了沉重负担。ASD具有明显的遗传特征，目前已发现数百个涉及突触蛋白 ...

通过对猕猴与小鼠PFC单神经元投射组的系统性比较，研究人员发现猕猴PFC神经元虽具有相似的目标特异性，但形态特征存在显著差异，包括更长的轴突干、更少的对侧分支以及相对较小的轴突末端树突丛。

When they analysed patterns of brain activity in the MPFC, the researchers found that optimistic people seemed to have ...

A Bayesian decoder was employed to calculate the posterior probabilities of all position bins. This method assumes that transient counts follow a Poisson distribution and combines transient counts and ...

A traditionally overlooked type of RNA plays an important role in promoting resilience to depression-but only in females.

The prefrontal cortex invokes concrete learning, or reasoning that heavily relies on observation. At a young age, children think concretely but, with time, transform into abstract thinkers when ...

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

Researchers from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology and the HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Prefrontal Lobotomy: Analysis and Warning ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 182 No. 2 (February 1950), p. 44 doi:10.1038 ...