prefrontal cortex

People who show low social engagement over long periods of time often show reductions in cognitive function. Studies of the brain may provide clues about this correlation.

Activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex was the best correlate of weight loss in a study of people on a restricted-calorie diet.

When certain neurons in the prefrontal neurons cortex are turned on, mice subjugate their neighbors in a display of power. 

Dopamine receptors in the cortex orient the brain toward the task at hand.

Previously unreleased photographs show that Einstein’s brain had several unusual features that could explain his extraordinary cognitive abilities.

Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.

The brains of psychopaths have a different structure than healthy brains, perhaps explaining their antisocial and impulsive behaviors.

A bevy of genes known to be active during human fetal and infant development first appeared at the same time that the prefrontal cortex—the area of the brain associated with human intelligence and personality—took shape in primates.