Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era

D Bzdok, RIM Dunbar - Nature human behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Intense sociality has been a catalyst for human culture and civilization, and our social
relationships at a personal level play a pivotal role in our health and well-being. These …

The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for speech and language processing

I Hertrich, S Dietrich, C Blum… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review article summarizes various functions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
(DLPFC) that are related to language processing. To this end, its connectivity with the left …

The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition

J Firth, J Torous, B Stubbs, JA Firth, GZ Steiner… - World …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the
influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning remains a central topic of …

Emotion and the prefrontal cortex: An integrative review.

ML Dixon, R Thiruchselvam, R Todd… - Psychological …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a critical role in the generation and regulation of emotion.
However, we lack an integrative framework for understanding how different emotion-related …

Evolution of prefrontal cortex

TM Preuss, SP Wise - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Subdivisions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) evolved at different times. Agranular parts of the
PFC emerged in early mammals, and rodents, primates, and other modern mammals share …

The anatomy of friendship

RIM Dunbar - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Friendship is the single most important factor influencing our health, well-being, and
happiness. Creating and maintaining friendships is, however, extremely costly, in terms of …

Broca's area is not a natural kind

E Fedorenko, IA Blank - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Theories of human cognition prominently feature'Broca's area', which causally contributes to
a myriad of mental functions. However, Broca's area is not a monolithic, multipurpose unit–it …

[HTML][HTML] The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in acute and chronic pain

DA Seminowicz, M Moayedi - The journal of pain, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

The neurobiology of drug addiction: cross-species insights into the dysfunction and recovery of the prefrontal cortex

AO Ceceli, CW Bradberry, RZ Goldstein - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

The anterior cingulate gyrus and social cognition: tracking the motivation of others

MAJ Apps, MFS Rushworth, SWC Chang - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is implicated in a broad range of behaviors and
cognitive processes, but it has been unclear what contribution, if any, the ACC makes to …