Curiously, most people—horsey or not—want the prefrontal cortex to be part of the horse’s brain. How does their ... for what we call the executive function—planning, organizing, deciding ...

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 ...

"and how the brain's executive function helps us decide when to wait or walk away." The research looks at individuals with damage to different parts of the prefrontal cortex, the seat of executive ...

Areas of the brain that help a person differentiate between what is real and what is imaginary have been uncovered in a new ...

The cerebral cortex ... brain is still ongoing. Parietal lobes. The parietal lobes carry out a critical function of combining the sensory information from all parts of your body to create an image ...

Very light exercise caused pupil dilation and increased activity in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, enhancing executive function. Pupil diameter shows potential as a biomarker for exercise ...