Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the ...

Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking. Sometimes, even after realizing a strategy no longer ...

Experts outline why many teenagers default to “I don’t know,” a pattern linked to developmental factors that shape daily ...

Scientists discovered a brain circuit that helps the mind switch strategies by reducing neural noise in the prefrontal cortex ...

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

Inhibiting locus coeruleus input to the medial prefrontal cortex in mice impaired task performance, affected the tuning of single cortical neurons and disrupted population dynamics and encoding ...