The prefrontal cortex seems to be essential for the control and organization of behaviour. In particular, it has been linked to the relative cognitive sophistication that has been reached by ...

He said: "Research has already shown that mindfulness meditation is related to amygdala shrinkage, expansion of the pre-frontal cortex and a weakening of the connection between these two areas".

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan have found that harsh parenting during infancy can impact children ...

The connections between the frontal cortex and the amygdala and related regions of the brain also are not yet fully formed.

However, harsh parenting in late childhood more specifically affected the corticolimbic circuit—a specific part of the brain that includes the amygdala and frontal cortex and is involved in ...

Figure 1. Aged cynomolgus monkey. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy involves blood vessels of the meninge (A), frontal cortex (FC), ...

However, harsh parenting in late childhood more specifically affected the corticolimbic circuit—a specific part of the brain that includes the amygdala and frontal cortex and is involved in ...

This is normal in adolescence, as “synaptic pruning may be associated with a major decline in the amount of excitory stimulation reaching the cortex ... frontal lobes and more activity in the ...