“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

What distinguishes the mammalian brain from that of other vertebrates ... and transforms structural connectomics, which maps anatomy, into functional connectomics, linking that wiring with ...

To determine which brain areas are necessary for a certain ability ... As a result, previous studies have mainly relied on functional imaging (fMRI) techniques in healthy individuals.

Combined with the recordings of brain activity, the result is the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the ... connectomics who brought this area of science to the Allen Institute 13 ...

GNWT, by contrast, argues that consciousness occurs when certain information is “broadcast” across a network of brain regions ...

Their findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, show that general anesthesia suppresses each brain's unique functional connectivity ... The way that areas of the brain interact with each ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a ... Importantly, matching up all that anatomy with the activity in the ...

No effective treatment was available to them – certainly nothing approaching a cure – and many lived the rest of their lives ...

Meanwhile, those who endorsed more extreme forms of left-wing authoritarianism showed reduced cortical thickness in the right anterior insula, a brain area tied to empathy and emotion regulation.