The outermost layer of the brain's cerebral cortex is a major meeting point for information coming from across the brain.

A research team is using ultrasound to map the deep-brain circuits that may give rise to conscious experience.

On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller will propose that thought and consciousness emerge from the fast and flexible organization of the cortex produced by the analog ...

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is vital for decision-making. Functional neuroimaging links vmPFC to processing rewards and effort, while parallel work suggests vmPFC involvement in prosocial ...

Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex, and provide evidence that cortices across mammalian species resemble a universal, fractal pattern. With ...

UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, stem cells responsible for producing much of the cerebral cortex, change ...

Every glance triggers a complex exchange of signals among millions of neurons. Some cells excite the network, others inhibit ...

A UC Santa Cruz study tracks how the visual cortex builds its long-range connections, finding that they target specific areas ...

Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream. They say their ...

A decades-old picture of how the brain builds its most complex structure turned out to be wrong in a fundamental way: the cerebral cortex doesn't grow from one flexible stem cell population that ...