A new study shows that the cerebral cortex predicts the future by detecting novel stimuli and forming short-term memory ...

A new study conducted by SISSA's Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Development and recently published in BMC Biology has led to a ...

The human cerebral cortex has evolved to be quite different from that of other animals such as rodents, which are typically used by researchers to understand normal brain development and pathology. A ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

BEIJING -- Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic ...

Does turning 25 unlock some magical “adult mode,” making you instantly wise, responsible, and suddenly obsessed with ...

If it decides yes, your brain's motor cortex, a small area that exists on the outer part of your brain, calls for messages to be sent through your spinal cord and down your arm to the muscles that ...

The cortex undergoes complex folding during ... of current and future interventions used in the care of neonates on brain development and injury. Improvements in understanding these effects ...

The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum. Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala, and the hippocampus. Toward the bottom ...

Despite its rapid development in recent decades ... It is located in the lateral thalamus, an egg-shaped structure in the ...