Humans require a plethora of higher cognitive skills to perform executive functions, such as
reasoning, planning, language and social interactions, which are regulated predominantly …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article summarizes the cognitive and behavioral functions of
the prefrontal cortex with an emphasis on executive cognitive functions and the clinical …

Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including
perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem solving. Emotion has a …

Loneliness is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Deeper understanding of
neurobiological mechanisms underlying loneliness is needed to identify potential …

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is a functionally and structurally heterogeneous
region and a key node of several brain networks, implicated in cognitive, affective, and …

Psilocybin is a classic psychedelic compound that may have efficacy for the treatment of
mood and substance use disorders. Acute psilocybin effects include reduced negative …

A growing preclinical and clinical body of work on the effects of chronic drug use and drug
addiction has extended the scope of inquiry from the putative reward-related subcortical …

Executive functions (EFs) include high-order cognitive abilities such as working memory,
inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, planning, reasoning, and problem solving. EFs enable …

The ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex are two major prefrontal regions that
usually interact in serving different cognitive functions. On the other hand, these regions are …

The right middle fontal gyrus (MFG) has been proposed to be a site of convergence of the
dorsal and ventral attention networks, by serving as a circuit-breaker to interrupt ongoing …