Learn how losing REM sleep disrupts your brain’s ability to block unwanted memories – especially in people with mental health ...

Having a word “on the tip of the tongue” has happened to all of us. Behind this everyday phenomenon lie complex brain ...

Discover how your mind filters out distractions. New research reveals the specialized neural mechanisms that actively block ...

Your brain constantly juggles sensory information to make split-second decisions, but how? A new latent circuit model ...

Brainteasers enhance logical reasoning, judgment, and rapid information processing, improving memory and cognitive function.

It is homing in on recently published findings that found engagement in a part of babies’ brains when viewing smiling or ...

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

One brain region critical for decision making is the prefrontal cortex, which sits just behind the eyes and is lauded as the epicenter of higher cognition. Previous research found that the response of ...

To better understand the mechanism of this effect, Sasaki simultaneously measured vagus nerve activity and brain local field potential in the prefrontal cortex of mice under stress. Using ...

And through pathways of nerve connection to other areas of the brain, the response weakens activity of the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex. Overcoming addiction usually ...