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 entire set of our emotions is topographically represented in a small region of the brain, a 3-centimeter area of the cortex, report scientists in a study conducted at the IMT School for ...

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 ...

Researchers have found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers ... researchers found that short-term memory is made up of three areas: a core focusing on one active ...

While previous studies have shown a link between meditation and brain activity, this study detected activation of specific areas of the brain. Most studies use EEGs with electrodes placed on the ...

As we age, our brains tend to shrink, especially in critical areas ... a half to three hours. This type of exercise not only ...

Steve Chang and his colleagues from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, used electrodes to directly record neuronal activity in three areas of the brain prefrontal cortex that are known to ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Story aired on All Things Considered on July 3, 2023.) Certain drugs ... if it's sent to the right place in the brain. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an area of the brain that seems to keep ...