Johns Hopkins researchers found a small group of ancient neurons, shared across nearly all vertebrates, that act as an ...

Neuroscientists believe that rowing your own gears helps work out the brain's prefrontal cortex.

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Driving a manual car stimulates the prefrontal cortex of the human brain, the region that handles memory, attention, and decision-making.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny group of neurons in an ancient brain region that acts like a built-in focus filter, helping ...

Neuronal sequences in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain encode critical information associated with a procedural rule. These sequences can be explored and leveraged as novel biomarkers for ...

New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex skills, suggesting ...

Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...

Social avoidance is highly detrimental for natural behavior. Despite much research on this topic, the mechanisms underlying the development of social avoidance as a consequence of social-related ...