For decades, depression treatment has focused almost entirely on the brain, with drugs designed to tweak neurotransmitters ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.

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

With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

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 ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

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

The greatest enemy of anyone below 25 is the prefrontal cortex. Indeed, it is the devil on your shoulder that whispers in your ear, telling you to smoke that weed the night before your economics ...