Beauty is in the medial orbito-frontal cortex of the beholder Date: July 7, 2011 Source: Wellcome Trust Summary: A region at the front of the brain 'lights up' when we experience beauty in a piece ...

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC's Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute ...

The medial orbito-frontal cortex has previously been linked to appreciation of beauty, but this is the first time that scientists have been able to show that the same area of the brain is ...

(Image credit: Albert L. Rhoton Jr., MD, 2007.) Here, the left hemisphere has been almost entirely removed, revealing the surface of the right brain where it meets the cerebral divide (a "medial ...

An area of the brain that could control a person’s motivation to exercise and participate in other rewarding activities -– potentially leading to improved treatments for depression -- has been ...

For now though, our Brain Control series explores what we do know about the brain’s command of six central functions: language, mood, memory, vision, personality and motor skills – and what ...

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have mapped the surface of the cortex of the young human brain with unprecedented resolution, revealing the development of key functional regions from two ...

Preserved Self-Awareness following Extensive Bilateral Brain Damage to the Insula, Anterior Cingulate, and Medial Prefrontal Cortices. Carissa L. Philippi et al. in PLoS ONE , Vol. 7, No. 8 ...

“Even though our implant resides on the brain’s surface, its design goes beyond the limits of physical sensing in that it can infer neural activity from deeper layers.” The device itself is made from ...

Study: Cerebral Cortical Surface Structure and Neural Activation Pattern Among Adolescent Football Players.Image Credit: Suriel Ramzal/Shutterstock.com Background. The neurological impact of ...