May 28, 2025
HWNI members Silvia Bunge and Kevin Weiner have discovered that the depth of some of the smaller grooves in the brain, called tertiary sulci, are linked to stronger network connectivity and better reasoning ability in children and adolescents. Their study was published in The Journal of Neuroscience on May 19. The researchers hypothesize that the deeper grooves may pull connected brain areas closer together, resulting in more efficient communication between regions.
Bunge is a professor of psychology, and Weiner is an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience. Read more about the study from UC Berkeley News.
