The cerebral cortex, also known as gray matter, is your brain’s outermost layer and is located above the cerebrum. Learn more about its vital functions. Skip to main content ...

However, significantly lower scores on the incidental memory task were associated with smaller local gray-matter volume in the right parietal cortex for the whole group and for the PD group alone.

Researchers found that adults who were less inclined to take risks had less gray matter in the right posterior parietal cortex, which is involved in decisions that entail risk.

Meditation May Increase Gray Matter Date: May 13, 2009 ... and within the orbito-frontal cortex, thalamus and inferior temporal gyrus, ... the right thalamus and the left inferior temporal lobe.

The gray matter volume of a region in the right posterior parietal cortex is significantly predictive of individual risk attitudes, new research has found. Using a whole-brain analysis, scientists ...

The gray matter volume of a region in the right posterior parietal cortex is significantly predictive of individual risk attitudes, new research has found.

Autistic children have more gray matter in areas of the brain that control social processing and sight-based learning than children without the developmental disability, a small study said Wednesday.

Research by a team of investigators in Finland suggests that the free recall memory deficits common even in early stages Parkinson's disease (PD) are related to structural changes in the brain ...

a, Sagittal (x = −45), coronal (y = −59) and axial (z = 48) view of the left inferior parietal region, which has increased grey-matter density in bilinguals relative to monolinguals.b, Grey ...

Neuroscientists acting as cartographers of the human mind have devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions ...

Yogis had larger brain volume in the somatosensory cortex, which contains a mental map of our body, the superior parietal cortex, involved in directing attention, and the visual cortex, which ...