The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum ... hemispheres are commonly mapped out based on four large regions—the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the ...

Slow maturing of the brain’s cortex, that helps with self-control and decision-making, during teenage could lead to ...

This results in the atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex – bad news at an age when the brain is maturing. If we ...

Whether it’s braving the long line at a trendy new restaurant or hanging on just a few minutes longer to see if there’s a post-credits scene after a movie, the decision to persevere or ditch it ...

The researchers found that doing so in a region of the brain called the prelimbic cortex made male mice resilient to stress, but failed to do so in female mice. Doing so in the ventral hippocampus ...

New research suggests that the slower maturation of the teenage brain cortex, responsible for self-control and decision-making, may contribute to the development of eating disorders in young adulthood ...

Animal stimuli produced a greater response than tools in two regions of occipital cortex. One of these regions ... Domain-specific knowledge systems in the brain: the animate-inanimate distinction.

The researchers found that certain regions of the cerebral cortex showed lower neuron density in autistic children than in controls. That means were there less brain cells in regions associated ...

Nearly 10% of people live with chronic kidney disease—in other words, their kidneys can't adequately filter waste from their ...