FeaturedNeuroscience·February 28, 2023·3 min readStudying Brain Oscillations to Understand What Makes a Memory StickMemory formation requires higher-frequency ripples in the hippocampus and lower-frequency ripples in the parietal cortex. However, to make a memory stick, coordinated high-frequency ripples between the hippocampus and parietal cortex are required.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 31, 2023·6 min readTuning Into Brainwave Rhythms Speeds up Learning in AdultsTuning into a person's brain wave cycle before they perform a learning task can dramatically improve the speed at which cognitive skills improve.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 20, 2023·5 min readHigh Frequency Brain Wave Patterns in the Motor Cortex Can Predict an Upcoming MovementSpatially organized recruitment of neural activity across the motor cortex informs details of planned movements.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 19, 2023·4 min readAll in the Mind: Decoding Brainwaves to Identify the Music We Are Listening ToCombining neuroimaging and EEG data, researchers recorded the neural activity of people while listening to a piece of music. Using machine learning technology, the data was translated to reconstruct and identify the specific piece of music the test subjects were listening to.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 2, 2022·3 min readNeurons Sync Their Beats Like Clocks on the WallA group of hippocampal neurons show rhythmic activity at different frequencies in the desynchronized state, but can align their rhythmic frequency to produce a synchronized brain rhythm upon activation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 24, 2022·2 min readResearchers Uncover Brain Waves Related to Social BehaviorStudy reveals brain wave activity in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala associated with social behavior in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·June 6, 2022·2 min readBrain Wave Sleep Data Can Predict Future Health OutcomesBrain wave data collected during sleep predicts the future incidences of 11 health-related outcomes, including dementia, cardiovascular health, psychological disorders, and mortality.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 27, 2022·6 min readAnesthetic Drastically Diverts the Travels of Brain WavesNew findings reveal how anesthesia-induced unconsciousness differs from normal sleep in relation to delta wave activity in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 22, 2022·5 min readInteracting Brain Waves Key to How We Process InformationStudy reveals the different ways the brain parses information through interactions of waves of neural activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 6, 2022·5 min readDeath: How Long Are We Conscious for and Does Life Really Flash Before Our Eyes?Researchers explore what happens in the brain in the moments before death and question whether our lives flash before our eyes during the final seconds of life.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 30, 2021·6 min readCertain Brain Waves Aren’t Just Background NoiseFindings shed new light on how brain states are regulated and how the brain can switch between them.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 8, 2021·3 min readWeak Brain Waves May Warn of Age-Related Neurodegenerative DiseasePeople diagnosed with Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment had weaker gamma wave activation in their brains than their peers without the neurodegenerative disorders.Read More
