Bird brains are dense—with neurons A possible indication of why our feathered friends are so damn smart.

Small brains can accomplish big things, according to new theoretical research Date: October 3, 2024 Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summary: New research explains how the fly brain creates ...

Looking at different brain structures as a propostion of total brain size, the researchers have developed a new way of grouping animals based on how their brains are organized.

Multifunctional small brains Cerebral cortex not the only area with perceptual abilities Date: November 21, 2019 Source: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - KNAW Summary: Researchers ...

The small brains, also known as the cerebellum, is located at the backside of the brain and is mainly involved in fine tuning and co-ordination of movements.

News Release 3-Oct-2024 Small brains can accomplish big things, according to new theoretical research Peer-Reviewed Publication Howard Hughes Medical Institute Neuroscientists had a problem.

Those with the microbes from the small-brain species stored more of the energy as fat. New research suggests the gut microbiome could have influenced energy availability to evolve a larger brain.

Because female brains seem to have a stronger connections between their logical and intuitive parts, “when women are asked to do particularly hard tasks, they might engage very different parts ...

An ancient human species, Homo naledi, had small brains but a new discovery suggests they were complex thinkers just like big-brained species.

Neuroscientists had a problem. For decades, researchers had a theory about how an animal's brain keeps track of where it is relative to its surroundings without outside cues—like how we know ...