For decades, depression treatment has focused almost entirely on the brain, with drugs designed to tweak neurotransmitters ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly ...

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.

MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

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 ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The new ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...