The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

Findings could help illuminate role of brain region in cognitive functions, such as memory integration and abstract thinking: paper Chinese and French scientists have developed an extremely detailed ...

It used to be thought that without the cerebral cortex, consciousness could not exist. New research, however, has found that humans and animals missing part or all of their cortices are still capable ...