The smallest grooves on the brain's surface, unique to humans, have largely been ignored by anatomists, but recent studies show that they're related to cognitive performance, including face ...

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they're often dismissed as an uninteresting ...

The 10 percent brain myth is false. We use our entire brain. Neuroscience points to several methods of enhancing brain ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion ...

Scientists mapped separate brain areas for the five senses. Findings reveal a shared neural pathway when focusing on only one of the senses.

Stem cells from donated placentas appear safe and may help ease secondary progressive MS, a small open-label Phase 1 clinical ...

Functional neurosurgeon Wael Asaad ... which uses a laser beam to target part of the brain. New techniques enable surgeons to focus on areas of the brain much more precisely than in the 1950s.

Research showed that there's functional connection between neurons in early visual areas of the brain (the areas that process vision, which are at the back of the brain) and the frontal areas of ...