Most people in humanities and in science would say language is what makes us human. I think it's the prefrontal cortex. It's even a big discussion about what could have been the evolutionary ...

Some people are forced to abandon their childhood and grow up too soon, others cling eternally to their youth. But if a developed prefrontal cortex is good for anything — besides incredibly ...

It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey or not—want the prefrontal cortex to be part of the horse’s brain. How does their reasoning go?

To allow the prefrontal cortex to rest, he suggested doing hands-on activities, such as arts and cooking, and indulging the senses — especially in nature — and talking to people often. Rego also ...

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an escalation of the stalemate gripping Washington, House Republicans voted today to shut down the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls ...

Since the brain comprises of billions of neurons that take part in different functions of high-level regions and subregions, what happens if the prefrontal cortex (PFC ... Nevertheless, people in the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 6 (UPI) --Infants may begin using their prefrontal cortex earlier than previously believed, according to a study conducted by Brown University scientists. Researchers have ...

Asked to resolve hypothetical dilemmas -- such as tossing a person from a bridge into the path of a trolley to save five others -- people with damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortex tended ...

A new study reveals why some people handle stress better than others ... Dzirasa's team studied the interaction between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex – two areas of the brain that ...

New research in rodents reveals for the first time how dopamine changes the function of the brain's prefrontal cortex. Researchers found that dopamine has little effect on individual cells.