Blind people may use their visual cortex to regulate movement

The brain’s visual cortex may be reorganised to control movement in people who cannot see Health 16 March 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Stock image of a blind person walking with a stick Shutterstock / PH888 The visual cortex, the part of the brain that receives information from the eyes, has been known to respond … Read more

Dogs Can Differentiate Between Familiar And Foreign Human Languages, Brain Scans Reveal

If you were to move to a new country with a different language and bring along the family dog, your pet would likely have a hard time understanding commands from the locals, according to a new study looking at how dogs’ brains react to different languages.    MRI scans revealed that dogs‘ brains can distinguish between familiar … Read more

For The First Time, Scientists Map Brain Regions Responding to The Clitoris

A new scientific study published Monday has identified the brain region linked to genital touch in women, and found that it was more developed in volunteers who reported having more sex.   The research involved stimulating the clitorises of 20 adult females while their brains were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The researchers … Read more