The somatosensory cortex is a region of the mammalian brain known to play a crucial role in the processing of sensory information, including tactile sensations, temperature and pain. While this ...

The study's findings demonstrate that the sensory processing stage of the cortex is one component of the network.

The passage of time is sensed, perceived and experienced without sensory receptors, thanks to the somatosensory complex.

Overall, the findings suggest that conscious thought requires coordination across the cortex from front to back, say the authors. "Our results therefore suggest an important role for prefrontal cortex ...

A unified understanding of how brain cells in the prefrontal cortex process sensory information, like traffic signals, and then generate behavioral outputs, like deciding to jaywalk, however, has ...

When we receive a stimulus, sensory information is transmitted by the afferent nerves to the thalamus which in turn, like a relay, forwards the information to the sensory cortex to process it and ...

Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the neuronal networks that interconnect the elementary units of sensory cortex -- cortical columns. The scientists say that this study marks a major ...

Brain's primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning Date: February 19, 2019 Source: The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University Summary: Neuroscientists have revealed ...

The brain's cerebral cortex is made up of distinct regions involved in myriad processes, from sensory perception to cognitive functions like memory, attention, and decision-making. University of ...

The human brain’s motor cortex is often regarded as a linear map with discrete sections, each controlling different parts of the body. The discovery that portions of the motor cortex have other ...