Dartmouth Scientists Have Created a New Template of the Human Brain

The updated cortical surface template enhances the mapping of brain activity.
The human brain plays a vital role in managing essential functions such as perception, memory, language, cognition, consciousness, and emotions.

To understand how the brain works, scientists often use neuroimaging to record participants’ brain activity when the brain is performing a task or at rest. Brain functions are systematically organized on the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the human brain. Researchers often use what is called a “cortical surface model” to analyze neuroimaging data and study the functional organization of the human brain.