When your brain goes offline during a stressful time, it might be emotional flooding.

Findings published in the journal Cell Reports revealed that among people who displayed hypocrisy, the ventromedial ...

A noninvasive brain stimulation therapy could offer fast relief for flu-related sleep issues by calming brain activity and ...

The ability to distinguish between different individuals is crucial for social interactions. Previous research has shown the pivotal role of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in social processes, as ...

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 ...

Long-term, heavy cannabis use has been linked to changes in the prefrontal cortex, which plays a key role in executive ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those ...