Your brain has a neocortex and a limbic system, and sometimes they fight. Here’s how to get them to play nice. For starters, you probably procrastinate far less than you think. If we stop to think ...

Don’t feel bad. We’re wired to procrastinate. Blame the limbic system, the part of your brain that helps control behavioral and emotional responses, and plays a key role in survival adaptation. The ...

It was a conversation like dozens of others that I’ve had. A 14-year-old teen had just gotten into trouble at school for the silliest of reasons, and when threatened with suspension he just kept ...

The neocortex is part of the human brain’s cerebral cortex where higher cognitive functioning is thought to originate from. Due to the natural grooves and ridges in the brain, the neocortex is ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. How does Alzheimer’s wreak so much havoc in the brain? DEAR READER: Early on, Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain’s limbic system and cerebral ...