A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is constantly ...

The cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer, the main site of conscious perceptions, judgments and the planning and ...

Mouse visual cortex wiring diagram and functional map offers insight into human brain complexity and cognition.

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our ...

High-resolution MRI scans were used to measure the size and shape of different parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex - the outer layer of the brain responsible for thinking, memory, ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're ...

Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using ...

In all, they collected data that covers about 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) of neuronal wiring in a part of the brain that ...

WASHINGTON: Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to ...

The cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer ... "Scientists have been studying the structure and anatomy of the brain - including the morphology of different cell types and how they connect ...