Scientists discover opposing brain circuits in the orbitofrontal cortex that predict risky choices 500 ms before they occur.

Take a risk or play it safe? Your gas tank might be low, but there's just enough to make it to work on time. Do you stop and ...

Intracranial recordings reveal oppositely tuned activity in the medial and lateral regions of the human orbitofrontal cortex during approach–avoidance decisions: the medial orbital sulcus activates ...

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a subsection of the brain's frontal lobe, is known to play a part in value-based decision-making, the process of mentally weighing the outcome of different decisions ...

San Francisco (California) [US], September 15 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of California, Berkeley have identified two neighbouring ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or potentially threatening. Via a process known as habituation, they gradually learn to ...

New research published in JCCP Advances indicates that experiencing negative life events (NLE) during childhood is linked with a higher risk of developing symptoms of depression during young adulthood ...

The human brain is remarkably adept at adjusting what we hear based on contexts, like our current environment or priorities, but it's still unknown how exactly the brain helps us detect, filter and ...

A new study links anxiety, the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and optimism, finding that healthy adults who have larger OFCs tend to be more optimistic and less anxious. The new analysis, reported in the ...