including the cerebellum and brain stem. These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves, which link the brain directly to muscles and ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the ...

Lab-grown minibrains, remarkable brain scans and psychedelic trips — take a look back at some of Live Science's most ...

Yet it is increasingly clear that cognitive functions cannot be ... for researchers to map activity in their brains. At Babylab, part of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck ...

The brain and spinal cord ... brain and spinal cord to and from parts of your body. Diagram. The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system work together to allow your brain to control your ...

Cognitive functions such as memory, learning, and information processing, traditionally associated with the brain, can also be found in the other parts of the body. A new study establishes that ...

Interestingly, after huge advances in other parts of medicine, we know relatively little about brain function ... suffered a stroke lose control of their muscles on one side of their body causing ...

"It's in the zeitgeist that people have difficulty with their attention ... The habenula is a central part of the brain that’s involved in various important functions, including motivation ...

Scientists took 38 people who were either night owls or morning larks (people who went to bed just before 23:00 and woke at 06:30) and investigated their brain function at rest using magnetic ...

“It’s in the zeitgeist that people have difficulty with their attention ... The habenula is a central part of the brain that’s involved in various important functions, including motivation ...