A study reveals how brain regions interact to regulate impulsive behaviour, potentially improving the treatment of ADHD and ...

A tennis return can look almost automatic. The ball comes off the racket, crosses the court in a blur, and somehow a player ...

How does the brain perceive time? A new fMRI study identifies a three-stage neural relay from the visual cortex to the frontal regions that constructs our subjective experience of duration and timing.

How does Jannik Sinner manage to hit the ball at exactly the right moment, with remarkable precision? And how do we, in ...

Long-term, heavy cannabis use has been linked to changes in the prefrontal cortex, which plays a key role in executive functions like planning, working memory, and impulse control. The corresponding ...

A. Self-action (left) and other’s action (right) during the role-reversal task. B. Schematic illustration of responses of a neuron with its spatial representations of self-action and other’s action ...

To make a deliberate action in a volatile environment, the brain must frequently reassess the value of each action (action-value). Choice can be initially made from the experience of trial-and-errors, ...

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