In 1504, Leonardo da Vinci made wax castings of the human brain and coined the term cerebellum (Latin for “little brain”). Historically, the cerebellum has been considered by most neuroscientists to ...

In November 2005, Alex Simpson was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Her diagnosis wasn’t good. At first, everything seemed fine – ...

Higher cognitive functions, like language and visual processing, have long been thought to reside primarily in the brain's cerebrum. But a body of research in premature infants at Children's Hospital ...

Overconnectivity or underconnectivity between specific regions of the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex are linked to children with autism specturm disorders. Source: SDSU Marketing and ...

As one of the most complex structures in the known universe, there is still quite a lot we don’t know about our brains. But it now seems that even what we thought we knew can turn out to be wrong.

Brain injury in the extremely premature infant occurs most frequently within the first days after birth (1), preceding major developmental events in the cerebral hemispheres that normally occur during ...

The cerebellum is known primarily for regulation of movement. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that the cerebellum also plays an important role in remembering emotional ...

Your brain is responsible for nearly all functions of your body and for interpreting sensory information from the world around you. Your brain has many parts but speech is primarily controlled by the ...

When we say someone has a quick mind, it may be in part thanks to our expanded cerebellum that distinguishes human brains from those of macaque monkeys, for example. High-resolution imaging shows the ...