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

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

To make her results-yielding "brain soup," as she calls it, the research team used only a part of the brain called the cerebral cortex, the crinkly outer layer that sits on top of the brain's ...

Cortex articles from across Nature Portfolio The cortex refers to the outermost layer of the cerebral hemispheres or cerebrum. The cerebral cortex in humans is folded into gyri and consists of six ...

Why do we crave sweet treats over healthier options? While it comes down to how our brains process taste and what we expect ...

The primary visual cortex (V1) is probably the best characterized area of primate cortex, but whether this region contributes directly to conscious visual experience is controversial. Early ...

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

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

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

Using rare brain recordings from patients, scientists found that the thalamus helps trigger visual awareness. The study ...

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 ...