Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") in red. Source: Life Sciences Database/Wikimedia Commons Non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum at a delta frequency normalizes brain activity in the frontal ...
The frontal lobes are responsible for the selection and coordination of goal-directed behavior. In this region of the neocortex is the human executive function that manages the intricacies of multiple ...
A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior ...
Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...
Recently, I reviewed how our “caveperson brains” react to the pandemic. But is there anything we can do about it? While we can’t do much to control our caveperson brain, there is another part of our ...