Cerebral Cortex Damage. Damage to any region of the cerebral cortex is typically caused by tumors, autoimmune diseases, bleeding in your brain, or a stroke.Symptoms of possible damage depend on ...

The cerebral cortex of your brain is the outermost layer. ... Because of its location at the back of the head, the occipital lobe is less susceptible to injury than some other parts of the brain.

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal ...

In a new study published Oct. 22 in the journal Neuron, Yale researchers show that this clutter alters how information flows in the brain, as does the precise location of that clutter within the wider ...