Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area ... The brain stem, situated at the bottom of the brain, is made up of three main parts: the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. The 10 percent brain ...

The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small.

A new study on silence found that three days of intentional silence causes the brain to begin functionally and physically ...

Using previous data from three large fMRI studies ... findings will prompt more in-depth research of what specific areas of the brain do. With new techniques and equipment, there is much left ...

A large-scale scientific collaboration has compared two major theories about consciousness. The study, published in Nature, involved researchers from around the world for seven years. The theories ...

Brain shrinkage doesn’t happen to all areas of the brain at once. Some areas shrink more and faster than others, and brain shrinkage is likely to get more severe as you get older. While there is ...

This area includes a brain network involved in the narrative self, a sort of internal autobiography that helps us define who we are. Parvizi's team figured that the same network must be ...