Damage to the 'medial' region of the prefrontal cortex -- the brain region that helps with planning and achieving goals -- ...

GNWT, championed by French cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, argues that consciousness emerges when information ...

People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them more likely to be influenced by other people.

Neuroscientists publish the results of a study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came ...

When it comes to consciousness, theories are like toothbrushes. Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two ...

Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the ...

As humans and other animals navigate their surroundings and experience different things, their brain creates so-called ...

Feeling emotionally drained, reactive, or overwhelmed? These 12 science-backed micro-habits (from breathwork to ...

This is an important study utilizing innovative CRISPR based approaches demonstrating the role of the KLF family of transcription factors in the post natal maturation of cortical projection neurons.

In a landmark study published in Nature, researchers from the Allen Institute at the Baylor College of Medicine and Princeton ...