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. The largest part ...

Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly ... the back of a bird's neck and regulate unconscious behaviors. They also serve as relay ...

No. People can have a change in normal brain function without being “knocked out” (or unconscious). Changes may include one or more of the following: any period of loss of or a decreased level of ...

Raichle and colleagues now show that the macaque monkey brain also shows resting state activity and, intriguingly, that it even occurs when the animals are unconscious. The authors found three ...