You're standing at a bus stop, waiting for a ride that seems like it will never come. At first, you're hopeful that it will ...

New research sheds light on how the brain's prefrontal cortex evaluates whether to persist or quit in uncertain situations.

The prefrontal cortex is a cortical area located in the anterior frontal lobe, including several subdivisions (e.g. ventromedial, dorsolateral, orbitofrontal cortices). The prefrontal cortex ...

Psychologists looked at individuals with damage to different parts of the prefrontal cortex to reveal how the brain evaluates uncertainty and guides split-second decisions.

The shift from an awake state to unconsciousness is a phenomenon that has long captured the interest of scientists and ...

Nobody likes getting bossed around, but your parents’ bossiness is probably well-intentioned.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have identified a shared mechanism in the brain that explains how ...

This important study includes convincing evidence to show that behavioral measures and hippocampal representations of cognitive control are not dependent upon the medial prefrontal cortex. Whilst ...