A new study is the first to show that two of our most sophisticated cognitive functions, using and understanding language and being able to sense how other people feel, have distinct origins in the ...

Researchers discover that language and Theory of Mind originate in separate brain regions in children, challenging theories of overlapping cognitive development.

Does the brain treat these skills as one system early in life and separate them later? Or are they distinct from the ...

A new study published online today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that distinct patterns of atrophy within three different brain areas (cortical, subcortical, or temporal) ...

The Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) in the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Korea, is developing new neuroimaging approaches to explore biophysics, physiology, and biology, and ...

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NEW YORK, NY (Sept. 18, 2025)--A brain imaging technique developed by Columbia researchers has identified areas in the brain’s cerebral cortex—just behind the forehead—that are most damaged by the ...