Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new study from the University of Toyama, Japan, reveals that our ability to ...

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According to the latest brain research, it's time to overhaul our kids' study habits. OHSU Neuroscientist, Dr. Larry Sherman, joined us today to talk about how the brain learns and remembers and to ...

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 ...

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