Over the course of their lives, animals form associations between sensory stimuli and predicted threats or rewards. These ...

Damage to the OFC (along with other sectors of the ventral and medial prefrontal cortex) in humans is associated with impairments in emotional and social behavior characterized by disinhibition ...

The brain creates the mind through flexible networks. While science maps this connection, significant questions remain, ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by both internal cues such as ...

New research reveals that the brain region often linked to understanding others, the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), is activated more by uncertainty than by social reasoning alone.

The world recently took two big leaps forward in the quest for remote eye contact. The first such advance comes from HP and ...

Rejection Distress Suppresses Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Borderline Personality Disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging , 2023; 8 (6): 651 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc ...

New research reveals that the developmental timing of fluoxetine (Prozac) treatment profoundly influences long-term mood and brain function.