A novel study conducted on participants with brain damage reveals how a specific brain region – called the vmPFC – governs our willingness to help others. Researchers at the University of Birmingham ...

The confidence that we place in our decisions can affect the judgments themselves. The BOLD signal in ventromedial prefrontal cortex automatically reflects the relationship between confidence and ...

Our willingness to help others is governed by a specific brain region pinpointed by researchers in a study of patients with brain damage to that region. Our willingness to help others is governed by a ...

The participants viewed backward-masked colored photographed pictures of three contents (military, medical and neutral) presented for either 33 or 83 ms in a block design and were asked to indicate ...

Leonard Shelby had it bad. Really bad. In the 2000 noir thriller, Memento, Leonard (played by Guy Pearce) suffers from anterograde amnesia – he can’t form new memories. Having apparently been clocked ...

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers examined the distinct roles of left and right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) gray matter volume (GMV) in initiating and ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Last year, we covered research that examined how well people’s dietary intentions lined up with what they actually ate. It turns out that a significant portion of those with good intentions—those ...

Our willingness to help others is governed by a specific brain region pinpointed by researchers in a study of patients with brain damage to that region. Learning about where in the brain ‘helping’ ...