Advanced imaging technologies have enabled scientists to look at areas of the brain cortex connected to particular math skills. The frontoparietal region of the brain has been identified as the ...

Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don’t give these skills a second thought. But ...

Pregnancy and the postpartum period bring about profound changes in a woman’s body, and new research shows that these transformations extend to the brain. A groundbreaking longitudinal study published ...

Grey matter volume shrinks by about five per cent during pregnancy, followed by a partial recovery in the postpartum period, ...

Grey matter volume in the brain decreases by about 5% during pregnancy but partially recovers postpartum, particularly in the default mode network. This study, involving MRI scans of nearly 180 ...

These changes particularly affected areas of the brain linked to social cognition; in the default mode network, linked to daydreaming, introspection and recalling memories; and in the frontoparietal ...

Grey matter in the brain shrinks by around five per cent during pregnancy and partially recovers postpartum, according to a ...

Intelligence is the the mental capacity for abstract reasoning, planning ability, logical thought, conceptual complexity and problem solving. High intelligence is thought to be associated with ...

The analysis also showed decreased FC between the posterior default-mode network and the right frontoparietal network in the moderate-to-severe periodontitis group compared with those without ...