Cutting-edge depression treatments utilize cognitive control by detecting depression-linked activity in one area of the brain ...

More specifically, the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPC) is involved in what is usually termed cognitive control 1 by forming a hierarchy of top-down selection processes from posterior to anterior ...

A new study published in Neuropharmacology sheds light on how amphetamine, a stimulant often misused and prescribed to treat attention-related conditions, affects brain activity linked to executive ...

The neural basis of intertemporal choice is still intensively debated, with three recent neural accounts: single-valuation 2, dual-valuation 3 and self-control. The first two reflect important ...

As Moorman explains, "One prominent hypothesis, based on previous research, argues that neurons in the dorsal prefrontal cortex control active behaviors related to 'going' and that different ...

Executive functions are top-level control processes or vital activities that regulate cognitive ... The PFC is divided into three subsections: dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), orbitofrontal ...

It’s often called gray matter due to its gray color, and the more gray matter you have, the more information your brain can process ... cortex controls your body’s movements, the prefrontal ...

prediction of outcomes and what we might consider “social control.” It’s the ability to suppress urges that could possibly be deemed socially unacceptable. The prefrontal cortex invokes ...

Van Geen also used a computational model to further analyze these decision-making processes ... in the lateral prefrontal cortex, a region often associated with self-control, performed just ...

"Brain maturity is a complex and ongoing process that involves ... I can't say if I'm better at impulse control because of a more developed prefrontal cortex or if I'm just tired earlier in ...