New Brain Map Shows Previously Undiscovered Areas of the Brain, Rocks Neuroscientists' World

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the brain. This organ determines who we are, what we do with our bodies, and controls pretty much everything that we find valuable about the human experience. The 97 sections (per hemisphere) that were previously not known will allow scientists to delve much deeper into the brain's functions. The new map can help surgeons and lead to cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and autism as well a fresh understanding of how our most important organ develops and ages. In particular, researchers from Washington University in Saint Louis found 360 sections in the cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer of neural tissue.