The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

A study has found that the cortex acts like a "memory machine", encoding new experiences and predicting the near future, ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen-like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating way the brain learns to override instinctive fears, shedding light on how we adapt to ...

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove ...