Vol. 89, No. 3, SPECIAL SECTION: The Developing Brain: Evidence for Plasticity During Childhood and Adolescence (MAY/JUNE 2018), pp. 773-783 (11 pages) The development of cognitive control during ...

Neuronal sequences in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain encode critical information associated with a procedural rule. These sequences can be explored and leveraged as novel biomarkers for ...

That mental merry-go-round of “what ifs” and “should haves” isn’t just annoying. It’s actually rewiring your brain as you read this sentence. Overthinking – that relentless mental chewing on problems ...

MRI image of human cerebral cortex with stereotaxic localization of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Source: Rberlow/Wikimedia Commons Researchers in the UK have discovered that using ...

Have you ever questioned why you—or someone close to you—froze, went numb, or seemed to shut down in the midst of trauma? Maybe you’ve replayed the moment, asking, “Why didn’t I fight back? Why didn’t ...

In a tense budget review, an executive told me she watched herself agree to three conflicting priorities in under a minute. “I could hear yes leaving my mouth,” she recalled, “and I knew it wasn’t a ...