Before the structural data was gathered, the research team at Baylor captured neurons’ activity in this part of the brain as the mouse viewed images or movies of natural scenes. "The neocortex ...

but ’m gonna give the sort of big picture. The largest part of our brain of a human brain, most mammals’ brains, is the neocortex, which is the thing you see on top. It's a big wrinkly thing.

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Oxford University has found that it is possible to use task-free fMRI images to ... free MRI predicts individual differences in brain activity during ...

Unexpectedly speedy expansion of human, ape cerebellum Date: October 2, 2014 Source: Cell Press Summary: A new study could rewrite the story of ape and human brain evolution. While the neocortex ...

New research reveals there is a link between the size of the brain, in particular the neocortex which is responsible for higher-level thinking, and the size and number of grooming clusters that ...

One surprise was that the cellular diversity was concentrated in evolutionarily older parts of the brain - the midbrain and hindbrain - instead of the neocortex, responsible for higher cognitive ...