Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new ...

An MIT neuroscientist proposes that brain waves perform analog computations that give rise to thought and consciousness.

Recent neuroscience studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have enhanced our understanding of how sleep is related to learning and memory. A study just reported in the journal ...

On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller will propose that thought and consciousness emerge from the ...

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...

Leaders who do this don’t just make better calls; they create cultures where clarity outperforms chaos. That’s not a hack; it ...

The greatest enemy of anyone below 25 is the prefrontal cortex. Indeed, it is the devil on your shoulder that whispers in your ear, telling you to smoke that weed the night before your economics ...

Retention, comprehension, and potential to learn are all undermined by stress and anxiety. We are all familiar with the term "test anxiety" and have all experienced that feeling of not being able to ...