A principal feature of drug addiction is a reduced ability to regulate control over the desire to
procure drugs regardless of the risks involved. Traditional models implicated the neural …

There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been
devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical …

The explanation of the “genesis” of this book is simple. I have always directly seen, in the
behavior of violent human beings and in my very own “mild” violent conducts, that they were …

Background Accelerated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation paradigms have been
shown to result in fast decreases in depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Although …

One of the most distinguishing abilities that human beings display is the ability of turning
almost everything into a clue to make a problem affordable in relation to what one knows …

OBJECTIVE The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is understood to have a role in outcome
evaluation and risk assessment and is commonly involved with infiltrative tumors. A detailed …

Disinhibition, the inability to inhibit inappropriate behavior, is seen in frontal-temporal
degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. Behavioral disinhibition leads to social and …

The specific brain structures or neural mechanisms underlying dysfunction in individuals
with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are not well established, particularly in …

Korsakoff syndrome (KS) is a neurological state mostly caused by alcohol-dependence and
leading to disproportionate episodic memory deficits. KS patients present more severe …

Conflict in information processing evokes trial-by-trial behavioral modulations. Influential
models suggest that adaptive tuning of executive control, mediated by mid-dorsal lateral …