Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one ...

Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new study from the University of Toyama, Japan, reveals that our ability to ...

The prefrontal cortex is one of the areas of the brain most sensitive to parental interaction; and for kids to be successful (i.e., engaged, motivated, happy, and productive), a well-developed ...

MRI image of human cerebral cortex with stereotaxic localization of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Source: Rberlow/Wikimedia Commons Researchers in the UK have discovered that using ...

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 ...