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 ...

Vol. 89, No. 3, SPECIAL SECTION: The Developing Brain: Evidence for Plasticity During Childhood and Adolescence (MAY/JUNE 2018), pp. 773-783 (11 pages) The development of cognitive control during ...

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 ...

In a tense budget review, an executive told me she watched herself agree to three conflicting priorities in under a minute. “I could hear yes leaving my mouth,” she recalled, “and I knew it wasn’t a ...

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible for planning and control send specialized signals that either boost or quiet ...

Have you ever questioned why you—or someone close to you—froze, went numb, or seemed to shut down in the midst of trauma? Maybe you’ve replayed the moment, asking, “Why didn’t I fight back? Why didn’t ...