Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new study from the University of Toyama, Japan, reveals that our ability to ...

Recent neuroscience studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have enhanced our understanding of how sleep is related to learning and memory. A study just reported in the journal ...

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.

A study combining brain imaging, computational modeling and AI found that hippocampal–prefrontal circuits organize emotions ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

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 ...

A study published in Nature on August 6, 2025, found that lithium is the only metal significantly depleted in the prefrontal ...