Think your cerebellum only coordinates fluid movements? New 2026 research reveals how your "little brain" also creates the ...

The cerebral cortex is your brain’s outermost layer. It has a wrinkled appearance due to the grooves and folds that increase its surface area. Here, we look at the anatomy of the cerebral cortex and ...

Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") in red. Both hemispheres of the cerebellum are tucked below the cerebrum's left and right hemispheres. Source: Life Sciences Databases/Creative Commons ...

How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic ...

The cerebral cortex of your brain is the outermost layer. It's the part of the brain that appears wrinkled because it has a lot of folds. Your cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres. Each ...

An unprecedented study of brain plasticity and visual perception found that people who, as children, had undergone surgery removing half of their brain correctly recognized differences between pairs ...

New research reveals cells that span brain hemispheres to coordinate activity in visual processing centers and shows that Alzheimer's degrades their structure and therefore their function. A new MIT ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...