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

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

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

New research reveals how synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex can strengthen during sleep, offering insight into how ...

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

We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that the strength of synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex ...

Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be ...

Although it’s too soon to use the new results in the clinic, the test provides advantages over previously reported ‘clocks’ — ...