Map Provides Detailed Picture of How the Human Brain is Organized (IMAGE)
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A detailed new map by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis lays out the landscape of the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the brain and the dominant structure involved in sensory perception and attention, as well as distinctly human functions such as language, tool use and abstract thinking.
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Matthew Glasser and Eric Young
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