“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

A new study may overturn more than 100 years of accepted science about how the brain functions. Researchers applied a mathematical model to brain activity and found that brain function may have ...

Head of anatomy Dr Navneet Chauhan said the project aims to trace structural and cellular changes caused by different ...

It is also the first study to examine possible influencing factors—genetic predisposition and differences in anatomy and function of brain areas—in combination rather than in isolation.

Not according to neuroscience. Reading, science shows, doesn’t just fill your brain with information; it actually changes the way your brain works for the better as well. The short- and long ...