The orbitofrontal cortex is located in the brain directly above the eyes in humans and rats, and is involved in flexible reward learning, which happens when we don’t know which of our choices will ...

I'm always on the lookout for what most people would consider improbable results or surprises in the field of cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds). However, if one considers Charles Darwin's ...

Cooperation in nature can yield immediate mutual benefits or depend on delayed reciprocity. The latter is vulnerable to “free-riding,” where a beneficiary fails to return help, and classical theories ...

A new study from Dartmouth College identifies a causal relationship between behavioral impulse control and an imbalance in brain function between the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and nucleus accumbens ...