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·October 22, 2015·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Plaques Impair Memory Formation During Sleep

Amyloid beta deposits influence brain activity during sleep and impair memory formation.

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·September 12, 2015·4 min read

Higher Levels of Fitness Linked to Executive Function and Brain Activity in Older Adults

A new study reveals a link between brain activation, cardiorespiratory fitness and executive function in older adults.

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·August 12, 2015·4 min read

Eye Movements During REM Sleep Reflects Brain Activity Associated with New Images

A new study offers evidence between rapid eye movement during sleep, accelerated brain activity and dream images.

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·August 11, 2015·4 min read

Human Emotion Could be Predicted by Brain Signatures

Researchers have discovered a way to predict human emotions based on neural activity.

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·June 4, 2014·4 min read

Regulating Brain Activity to Improve Attention

Researchers discover balanced activity in the prefrontal cortex is essential for attention.

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·October 16, 2013·5 min read

Method of Recording Brain Activity Could Lead to Mind Reading Devices

Researchers collect the first solid evidence that the pattern of brain activity seen when someone performs mathematical exercises under controlled conditions is similar to those seen when a person engages in quantitative thought in the course of their daily lives.

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·September 19, 2013·4 min read

Coma: Researchers Observe Never Before Detected Brain Activity

Researchers observe brain activity beyond a flat line EEG in human patients with extreme deep hypoxic comas.

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·September 19, 2013·4 min read

Financial Boom and Bust Drivers, All in the Mind?

Biological mechanisms in the brains of traders lead them to predict how others will behave, resulting in stock marketing bubbles crashing; a new study suggests.

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·June 25, 2013·4 min read

Past Brain Activation Revealed in Scans

Spontaneous waves neuronal activity bear imprints of earlier events for at least 24 hours after the experience has taken place, a new study finds.

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·February 27, 2013·4 min read

Songbirds’ Brains Coordinate Singing with Intricate Timing

Researchers discovered that as a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sound while others are synchronized with the coordination of physical actions.