Cortex

More bad news for smokers. Smoking reduces the thickness of the most important part of the brain, the cerebral cortex. Find out more about how smoking affects brain health.

The cerebral cortex is what makes us different from any other animal species on the planet. The cerebral cortex is responsible for higher levels of thought, language, human consciousness, and reasoning which is not available to other animal species.

If you have a tendency to repeatedly sing a song all day long, this could be indicative of an auditory cortex complication in your mind. Here is what you need to know about treatment and symptoms.

Certain parts of the brain are critically important to individuals' experience of emotions.

We will be able to control these emotions only if our brain works fine. This article will help the readers to understand what part of the brain controls emotions.

This is a research paper that looks at media bias in relation to biological studies of the prefrontal cortex.

A look at the various parts of the brain and functions involved in the storage and retrieval of information.

The human brain is an organ that consists of five major structures, and each structure plays an important part in the functions of the human body.

The human brain is a crucial component in an individual's development. The human brain is divided into five sections each section important in their own way.

This article examines the brain and how it affects depression. Sleep deprivation is also examined.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation treats neurological problems, addictions, and improves memory recall through low a current from electrodes attached to the skull without any seizures.

A review about the new Babolat Pure Drive Standard Cortex.

how the human brain functions

For children with ADHD, it is believed there is a complication involving the prefrontal cortex.

For children with parietal cortex brain complications, the perception of object placement and environment are often distorted.

Researchers have discovered that the somatosensory cortex area of the brain of people who suffer from migraines is a different thickness than that of non-migraine sufferers. They believe that this difference is a contributing factor in causing migraines.

New brain imaging techniques have allowed researchers to compare cortex thickness in different part of the brain. Those with ADHD seem to develop more slowly in the frontal cortex, some by three to five years slower than those without ADHD.

This is a review of the newly released Crash of the Titans video game for the X-Box 360.

A recent study performed by the National Institute of Mental Health explains how a specific gene, the 7-repeat variant a version of the dopamine D4 receptor gene

This article examines a few qualities and characteristics concerning the acquisition of language for children. Its focus is on children between the ages of two and six.

What makes this game different and unique is that in the later words, Crash and Cortez must work together as a team in order to defeat the new enemy who introduce themselves as "the evil twins".

Language is a complex phenomenon and as such has equally complex neural underpinnings. This article attempts to present a very brief overview of what parts of the brain give rise to speech.

A description how the eyes see and how the brain uses this information.

A new neurological study shows that visual memories of the immediate past can invade our visual perceptions of the present moment.

Anhedonia is the inability to experience pleasure lasting two weeks or more.

A poem to remind me how silly my worries can be sometimes

The brain weighs about 3 pounds, and it is the most complex biochemical machine; it is much more complex than any manmade computer. The brain with all its collective parts is made up of billions of neurons.

Poem about seeing through a smoke screen of lies

The brain is the most complicated organ in the human body and is responsible for the regulation of physical and mental health functions. Different parts of the brain are responsible for different biological or mental processes.

Pathological laughing is a medical condition caused by neurological disorders. Pathological laughing would mean uncontrollable bouts of laughing (Gelastic syncope), where the individual just does not seem to be able to stop.

Blind people who can recognize facial expressions and weave nimbly through a cluttered room, but can't see their hand in front of their face, are investigated by neurologists, providing new insight into blindness, and the human mind.