There is more to brain connections than the mere transfer of signals between brain regions.
Behavior and cognition emerge through cortical area interaction. This requires integration …

The somatosensory system is important for many functions, such as tactile recognition, the
perception of our body, and motor actions. We present a comprehensive review of the …

Brain lesions do not just disable but also disconnect brain areas, which once deprived of
their input or output, can no longer subserve behaviour and cognition. The role of white …

Stroke significantly impacts the quality of life. However, the long-term cognitive evolution in
stroke is poorly predictable at the individual level. There is an urgent need to better predict …

Lesion studies are an important tool for cognitive neuroscientists and neurologists. However,
while brain lesion studies have traditionally aimed to localize neurological symptoms to …

Experimental and theoretical studies have tried to gain insights into the involvement of the
Temporal Parietal Junction (TPJ) in a broad range of cognitive functions like memory …

Inter-individual differences can inform treatment procedures and—if accounted for—have
the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes. However, when studying brain …

Objective Unawareness of a deficit, anosognosia, can occur for visual or motor deficits and
lends insight into awareness itself; however, lesions associated with anosognosia occur in …

Depersonalisation disorder (DPD) is a psychopathological condition characterised by a
feeling of detachment from one's own body and surrounding, and it is understood as …

Although in the last three decades philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have
produced numerous studies on human cognition, the debate concerning its nature is still …