Previously, experts thought that remembering the facial movements involved in speech was primarily the role of the brain’s motor system, which moves muscles in the correct way at the correct time. But ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

You are halfway through a job interview, reaching for the right word, and it slips out: “um.” The hiring manager’s eyebrow ...

Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to movement planning, this ...

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A new study in *PNAS* shows sensory brain regions, rather than motor regions, are crucial for storing new speech patterns. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers found that disrupting ...

In a recent study published in the Nature Journal, researchers performed precision functional mapping (PFM) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map the functional organization of the ...

Compared to other animal species, humans can plan and execute highly sophisticated motor tasks, including the ability to write complex characters using their hands. While many past studies have tried ...

The motor cortex homunculus is getting a makeover. New research has essentially redrawn the motor cortex and constitutes one of the most substantial shifts in our topographical knowledge of a sensory ...

UNLESS there is action in the brain, a man has no thoughts and no consciousness, no awareness. This is a surmise of science, and there is as yet no good scientific reason to doubt it. Action, when it ...

Scientists found evidence of two interleaved systems, which may help explain the connection between what's going on in our bodies and what's going on in brain areas involved in thoughts and emotions.