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Interestingly, the brain also showed activity in areas related to understanding others and social cognition—such as the posterior superior temporal sulcus and the temporal regions—which might explain why good friendships often involve such a high level of empathy and understanding.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Similarly, the region responsible for primary motor sensor, the central sulcus, also showed increased activity that lingered.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
Researchers have tracked dyscalculia to a fold in the back of the brain known as the intraparietal sulcus, or IPS.
—Carlin Flora, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2013
Neuroscientists have found that when people do mathematical intuition problems, a strip of neurons near the top of the brain, surrounding a fold called the intraparietal sulcus, consistently becomes active.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
Indeed, one part of the brain – the superior temporal sulcus – is involved in processing the direction of gazes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2012
In those young and older, the under-eye hollows and pre-jowl sulcus — the indents on either side of the chin — tend to suffer a similar fate.
—Jolene Edgar, refinery29.com, 6 Oct. 2021
Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Similarly, the region responsible for primary motor sensor, the central sulcus, also showed increased activity that lingered.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
Researchers have tracked dyscalculia to a fold in the back of the brain known as the intraparietal sulcus, or IPS.
—Carlin Flora, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2013
Neuroscientists have found that when people do mathematical intuition problems, a strip of neurons near the top of the brain, surrounding a fold called the intraparietal sulcus, consistently becomes active.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
Indeed, one part of the brain – the superior temporal sulcus – is involved in processing the direction of gazes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2012
In those young and older, the under-eye hollows and pre-jowl sulcus — the indents on either side of the chin — tend to suffer a similar fate.
—Jolene Edgar, refinery29.com, 6 Oct. 2021
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