Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured unique images of problem-solving in action by tapping into the minds of mice. The study shows rapid rewiring in the frontal brains of mice after they learn ...
Mar 7, 2016
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When faced with a change to our environment, we have to make appropriate decisions, which usually involves the orbitofrontal cortex. Yet unexpectedly, scientists at the Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives ...
Sep 24, 2015
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A new study links anxiety, a brain structure called the orbitofrontal cortex, and optimism, finding that healthy adults who have larger OFCs tend to be more optimistic and less anxious.
Sep 22, 2015
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A new joint study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, both at McGill University, has cast some light on the brain mechanisms that support people's ...
Jun 8, 2015
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(MedicalXpress)—As distinct from a fear response to a real, immediate threat, anxiety is an expectation of future threat. The symptoms of anxiety disorders and the treatment of those symptoms are largely understood, but ...
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified a new pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the brain's striatum.
Mar 3, 2015
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A type of information processing in the brain known as 'executive control' helps us make decisions when presented with conflicting options. Brain imaging studies of humans have established that specific regions in an area ...
Nov 7, 2014
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Although feelings are personal and subjective, the human brain turns them into a standard code that objectively represents emotions across different senses, situations and even people, reports a new study by Cornell University ...
Jul 9, 2014
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New research from the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota reveals that rats show regret, a cognitive behavior once thought to be uniquely and fundamentally human.
Jun 8, 2014
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(HealthDay)—A small study of people who experienced the devastating 2011 earthquake in Japan shows that although traumatic events can shrink parts of the brain, some of those regions can rebound once a person's self-esteem ...
Apr 29, 2014
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