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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

German neurologist Korbinian Brodmann published a landmark first map of the cerebral cortex in 1909. Glasser said the new one also will not be the last word on the subject.

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex.

Interstitial cells of the white matter in the inferior parietal cortex in schizophrenia: an unbiased cell-counting study. Synapse 34 : 95–102. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar ...