Smaller, shallow brain folds in the posteromedial cortex show greater thinning with age and Alzheimer’s disease, and their ...

Understanding others’ beliefs—especially false ones—is key to human communication and begins to develop between ages three ...

We can't see what other people are thinking, so we have to infer it and that's very crucial for our communication as humans.

Can a cup of peppermint tea sharpen your mind? A new study suggests it can—but not in the way scientists expected. Improved ...

Review Article Published: May 2007 Binocular depth perception and the cerebral cortex Andrew J. Parker Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 379–391 (2007) Cite this article ...

The role of the cerebellum: The cerebellum is crucial for developing social skills in children by supporting Theory of Mind ...

The transmission of signals can, however, not just be strengthened or weakened; it can also be enabled in the first place or completely stopped. For example, neuroscientists know today that synapses ...

EP doesn't even remember that he has a memory problem. That is something he discovers anew every moment. And since he forgets ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

While most body organs regularly replace old or damaged cells with new ones in order to maintain their organ function, new neurons only form in certain regions of the brain. In the cerebral cortex ...