Although the brain represents only 2% of body weight, it consumes 20% of our energy. A recent study sheds light on the ...

Researchers studying neurons that respond to gentle touch reveal that people find strokes on another person's back and shoulder more pleasurable than strokes to the forearm and hand. Jef Akst was ...

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Drawing on the work of Dutch bog-body scholar Wijnand van der Sanden, the following map charts more than 80 important finds and includes details on 12 of the most fascinating.—Susan K.

After stepping away from the art world and starting a family, the artist is having her first solo show in New York with ...

The neocortical primary somatosensory area (S1) consists of a map of the body surface. The cortical area devoted to different regions, such as parts of the face or hands, reflects their functional ...