By using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, scientists can see how a brain region called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex becomes active in valuing options in predicaments like this.

Our ability to navigate depends on regions in the brain’s medial temporal lobe (MTL), such ... and continued both when approaching a wall or walking away from one. Notably, the oscillations ...

An area of the brain that could control a person’s motivation to exercise and participate in other rewarding activities -– potentially leading to improved treatments for depression -- has been ...

In the Victorian era the map of Africa was blank and the prospect of mapping its interior lured the most adventurous men of the day. If you are of that frame of mind now, I would recommend ...

Their tests suggest that being prone to aggressive, even violent, outbursts is linked to impairments in a region of the brain called the orbital/medial prefrontal cortex circuit. Psychiatric ...

The team decided to focus on the medial temporal lobe because it is known that this area of the brain declines with age and that this leads to memory impairment. Also, they note, greater ...

While some past studies found that stimulating the brain, particularly the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), can change a person's physical appearance, they did not determine whether it altered how ...

The Deep Parts Of Our Brain Are At Work "Praying involves the deeper parts of the brain: the medial prefrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex — the mid-front and back portions," says ...

The researchers found increased brain activity in an "associative" region among participants whose originality was high. This region, which includes the anterior medial brain areas, mainly works ...