Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

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

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

An international team of scientists has uncovered neural mechanisms used in planning. Its results suggest that an interplay between the brain's prefrontal cortex and hippocampus allows us to imagine ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The new ...

Humans are able to make relatively stable judgments and swiftly adjust their strategies, even when goals suddenly change or situations become ...

Enhancing prefrontal cortex (PFC) cognitive functions requires identifying suitable exercises that increase cerebral blood flow. A recent study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy found that ...

At 16 years old, I googled, "When is the best age to get married?" I was in love with my high school sweetheart and thought there was no way I could wait until the old age of 25 to get hitched (LOL).

A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

The human brain consists of 80-100 billion neurons, each one making 10-20 thousand connections. It is one of the most complex entities in the known universe, and we all have one. But our brains are ...