There’s still a lot we don’t know about the brain, but so far experts have agreed that our thoughts, feelings and behavior are the result of billions of interconnected neurons that transmit signals to each other, thereby enabling communication between regions of the brain. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
00:00There's still a lot we don't know about the brain, but so far, experts have agreed that our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are the result of billions of interconnected neurons that transmit signals to each other, thereby enabling communication between regions of the brain.
00:16A study published in the journal Nature is challenging that.
00:20This new research suggests the brain's size, curves, and grooves may play important roles in its function, perhaps even more than the connections between neurons, reports NBC News.
00:32Researchers created a new computer model that simulated the way a brain's size and shape affect brain waves.
00:39And they realized that this new model provided a more accurate reconstruction of the brain activity shown in the MRI scans and brain activity maps than the prior model.
00:50Researchers added that this is not to say that connectivity isn't important, but that the shape of the brain has a stronger influence than previously thought.
