Our thinking and perception happens in the neocortex. This outer part of our brain consists of six layers. When you feel touch to your body, layer four of your sensory cortex gets activated. This ...

Researchers found cells that ‘fired’ in pattern that mirrored mileage clock by ticking along with distance travelled ...

Deep inside your brain, the sense of touch is handled by a strip of tissue only a few millimeters thick. This area, known as the primary somatosensory cortex, processes every tactile signal that ...

The limbic system helps regulate emotional and social processing, as well as learning, motivation, and memory. It consists of structures that lie beneath the outer, wrinkly part of the brain and above ...

Imagine that you have been hired by a car company and given the task of creating a new revolutionary electric car. The task comes with a peculiar twist: you must start with a T-Ford from 1908.

A new study shows that the brain activity behind decision-making is far more widespread across the organ than first thought.

To shed new light on the contribution of different brain regions and neural circuits to specific mental functions, ...

The brain is the “control center” of the body. Together with the spinal cord, it makes up the central nervous system. Various parts of the brain are responsible for movement, breathing, and other ...

Stem cell transplantation can reverse stroke damage, researchers at the University of Zurich report. Its beneficial effects ...

Music is universal across cultures and is a kind of information input unlike any other. Despite this, scientists are just beginning to understand how the brain processes music. A few years ago, a team ...