Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...
A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows how flickering light can cause hallucinations in our brain: it produces "standing waves" of brain activity. The work is published in ...
Gazing into your furry friend's eyes and giving it pets can cause your brain to synchronize with theirs, scientists have discovered. This kind of synchronization of brain waves, known as interbrain ...
The timing of our brain waves shapes which words we hear. Researchers used psychophysics, neuroimaging, and computational modeling to test whether neural timing influences perception of more or less ...
Traditional EEG brain wave measurements have been done in laboratory settings. Today, far simpler wireless headsets and headbands are available to consumers. The practice of companies quietly selling ...
A good night's sleep has long been understood to help us consolidate new memories, but we don't understand how. Associations with negative feelings like fear or stress can improve recall, but ...
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with ...
Scientists at University of California Berkeley have recreated a Pink Floyd song using previously recorded brain waves. In the process, they've learned a lot about how the brain processes music. The ...
Scientists are one step closer to learning more about the experiences that people have reported having just before they die — including the light at the end of the tunnel. A surge of activity happens ...
By converging ultrasound energy at precise focal points, FUS can destroy tissue or open the blood-brain barrier without a ...
Share on Pinterest Might deep sleep play a role in blood sugar control? Image credit: Igor Ustynskyy/Getty Images. Also concerningly, in 2019, 96 million Americans aged 18 and older had prediabetes, ...