A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

How does the human brain process and integrate information about duration ... The study highlights the existence of a functional hierarchy in the human cerebral cortex, where posterior areas—those ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from ... within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum. Nested deeper within the brain are ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

Scientists discover a brain pathway that helps suppress fear, offering new hope for anxiety and PTSD treatment.

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, ...

The brain plays a leading role in addiction, just as it plays a role in all human behavior ... a cluster of nerve cells below the cerebral cortex, which responds quickly by releasing a flood ...

The two most significantly schizophrenia-associated cell types had similar functions—selectively inhibiting and therefore shaping excitatory activity in the cerebral cortex, the human brain's ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, it was possible to characterize the different cell types present in the brain ...

The interaction analysis sought areas where the relationship between regional cerebral ... in human auditory cortex examined with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Hum. Brain Mapp.

Experts say they are one of the biggest threats to human health having ... who died between 1997 and 2013. Brain tissue samples were gathered from the frontal cortex, the area of the brain ...