Life can be tricky. We have so many decisions to make. It's a good thing we have an orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus to help us. These areas of the brain work together to help us sort through ...

Depression imposes a major global socioeconomic burden, and current pharmacotherapies face several limitations, including slow efficacy, adverse effects, and non-response rates of up to 55%, ...

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in green. Source: Paul Wicks/Wickemedia Commons In a groundbreaking discovery, neurocientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured brain images of active ...

A new study links anxiety, a brain structure called the orbitofrontal cortex, and optimism, finding that healthy adults who have larger OFCs tend to be more optimistic and less anxious. The new ...

Co-authored with Meg Price. Many can recall Einstein saying that most the important thing is to never stop questioning. And that curiosity is key. As neuroscientist Antonio Damasio reminds us, humans ...