Ultra high-res brain scanning has revealed clear maps of individual toes in two foot painters, born without either arm. While these organised toe maps are not found in typically developed humans, they ...

Conventional wisdom among neuroscientists suggests that the brain's motor functions are organized around the body, meaning certain brain areas control the hand; others the foot. An emerging ...

When people sit down for a meal, they don’t think about what to do with their hands when eating. It’s just second nature. Yet, their hands are constantly adapting posture and grip to the cutlery, food ...

New research by the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) of Singapore has identified for the first time how gene variations cause changes in the brain that are linked to essential tremor—a common ...

Scientists are getting closer to something that wouldn’t look out of place in a science fiction film: bionic limbs that can sense and convey touch to their users. In a new study published this week, ...

A neural pathway known as the "tremor network" regulates movement and runs between the motor cortex (A), thalamus (B) and cerebellum (C). Messages need to flow smoothly along this network, before ...