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A new map of a brain network that sustains wakefulness in humans could help improve our understanding of consciousness.

Contrary to popular wisdom, faster isn't always better. There is a tradeoff between speed and accuracy in cognitive processes.

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have mapped the surface of the cortex of the young human brain with unprecedented resolution, revealing the development of key functional regions from two months before birth to two years after.

This article introduces the connectome, the HCP, and its historical roots, and the recent projects that have been built upon this ground-breaking work on the human brain.

Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of many brain disorders, including schizophrenia (SZ), and has been linked to aberrant brain activations. However, it is unclear how these activation abnormalities emerge. We propose that aberrant flow of brain activity across functional connectivity (FC) pathways leads to altered activations that produce cognitive dysfunction in SZ. We tested this hypothesis using activity flow mapping, an approach that models the movement of task-related activity between brain regions as a function of FC. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging data from ...