They claim to have discovered a new region of the brain

A group of scientists claim to have discovered a new region of the brain linked to the body's minute movements. It turns out that we humans can have some sort of extra thinking that we do not find in other primates.
The leader is neuroscientist George Paxinos and his team at Neuroscience Research Australia (Neura), who described their discovery as an endo-terminal nucleus because it is located inside (endo) of the lower cerebellar peduncle (also called body restiform). It is located at the base of the brain near the place where it connects to the spinal cord.
This area is involved in receiving sensory and motor information from our body in order to refine our posture, our balance and our movements.
"The lower cerebellar peduncle is like a river that carries information from the spinal cord and brain stem to the cerebellum," Paxinos said in the journal ScienceAlert. "The endo-terminal nucleus is a group of neurons, and looks like an island in this river," he added.
Paxinos has confirmed the existence of this brain structure by using a relatively new brain staining technique that he has developed to clarify images of brain tissue from the latest atlas of neuroanatomy he is working on.
The researcher had learned that the endorestiform nucleus had existed for decades. In a procedure called anterolateral therapeutic cordotomy, a surgical procedure aimed at relieving extreme and incurable pain by cutting the spinal pathways, he and his colleagues noticed that the long fibers of the spine seemed to end around the endoendiform nucleus.
The location of this elusive part of the brain suggests that Paxinos may be involved in the control of fine motor skills, which is also corroborated by the fact that this structure has not yet been identified in d 39 other animals, including marmosets or rhesus monkeys.
"I can not imagine a chimpanzee playing the guitar as smartly as we are, even if he likes to make music," said Paxinos.
Humans have a brain at least twice as big as chimpanzees (1,300 grams versus 600 grams) and a higher percentage of our cerebral neuronal pathways indicating that motion makes direct contact with motor neurons: 20% vs. 5 %. cent in other primates.
Therefore, the endorestial nucleus may be another unique feature of our nervous system, although it is too early to say. That's why Paxinos is ready to work soon with chimpanzees.
In order to discover which function could play the endo-terminal nucleus, it may be necessary to wait for a higher resolution magnetic resonance capable of studying it in a living person.
There is a very popular myth that has been developing in society for years and that says we only use 10% of our brain. To the disappointment of many, it is totally wrong. Some even attribute Albert Einstein to the founder of this myth.
Two phenomena can explain the misunderstanding. Nine out of ten cells in the brain are what are called glial cells, which are support cells and provide physical and nutritional support to the remaining 10%, the neurons, which are responsible for "thinking". But that does not mean that 90% does nothing, it only has other functions.
In any case, even scientists can not fully explain some of the brain's abilities, such as the dream, where memories are stored and how to access them, consciousness or personality.