In the first blog in this series, we set forth the idea that the human cerebral cortex has so drastically modified the physical environment and so completely dominates the context in which the human ...

Researchers at the University of Seville have analyzed alterations in the cerebral cortex in people suffering from psychosis. Their findings show that psychosis does not follow a single trajectory, ...

Humans are in love with their brains. “Our brain is what makes us different from the other animals,” we say. When most people think of themselves—their identity—they usually think of the fancy tricks ...