Arcuate fasciculus is the connection between the expressive and comprehensive language and is useful in repetition of speech and also carrying a meaningful conversation. Arcuate Fasciculus is a bundle ...

3D-printed reconstruction of the arcuate fasciculus The brain is composed of two types of matter: grey and white. The grey matter contains cell bodies, and is responsible for processing information.

Language is a uniquely human ability. The average person's vocabulary consists of about thirty thousand words, although there are individual differences in the ability to learn a new language. It has ...

For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the brain which is unique to humans allows us to learn new words. For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the ...

Washington, DC — Nerve fibers that link perception and motor regions of the brain are disconnected in tone-deaf people, according to new research in the August 19 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.

Mammal brains, unlike bones, do not fossilize. This fact presents a conundrum for scientists trying to understand how we came to be how we are. For example, scientists have long argued over how humans ...

We had previously shown that arcuate fasciculus is poorly developed in patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). In the present study, we ...

Dyslexia, a learning disability, can severely impact a person's ability to read. A new study shows MRI brain scans might be able to diagnose the disorder earlier than conventional methods. Dyslexia ...

Brain scans may allow detection of dyslexia in pre-school children even before they start to read, say researchers. A US team found tell-tale signs on scans that have already been seen in adults with ...

A new MRI technique could help doctors diagnose dyslexia in children before they even begin reading, according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The findings, ...