A traditionally overlooked type of RNA plays an important role in promoting resilience to depression-but only in females.

The Neuroscience of Reciprocity, we explored how altruistic behavior activates the brain’s reward system. In this continuation, we shift our focus to fairness and trust— deeply ingrained instincts ...

While solving math problems that required either calculating a solution or rote memorization, participants received weak electrical stimulation to either the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which ...

It turned out that the region crucial for building these complex emotional models was not the amygdala, but the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), which had a rather specialized role.

Consistent with past work, we found correlates of sampled evidence in ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), and correlates of accumulated evidence in the prefrontal and parietal cortex. We also ...

Mapping one cubic millimeter of a mouse’s visual cortex The researchers digitally disentangled tens of thousands of individual tree-like neurons, traced each neuron’s distinct system of branches, then ...

We’ve all been there: stuck waiting for a bus that never seems to arrive, wondering whether to keep waiting or cut our losses ...

(HealthDay)—Polygenic risk scores for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) structure and function, according to a study published in the ...

Ever heard a snippet of a song and instantly known what comes next? Or picked up the rhythm of a chorus after just a few ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham (UK) and the University of Oxford (UK) reveal, through behavioral and computational measures, that a brain region called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex ...