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·April 10, 2024·4 min read

Hippocampus Generates Deep Sleep Waves

Scientists discovered a surprising new source for brain waves essential for deep sleep. These waves, traditionally thought to come from a different area, were also found to be generated by the hippocampus, a region crucial for memory.

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·February 19, 2024·5 min read

Ripples of Recall: Brain Waves Play Key Role in Memory

Researchers have advanced our understanding of the neuronal basis of spatial memory. Their research reveals that during spatial memory tasks, different types of nerve cells activate in unison, coordinated by brain waves known as "ripples."

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·February 28, 2023·3 min read

Studying Brain Oscillations to Understand What Makes a Memory Stick

Memory 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.

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·January 31, 2023·6 min read

Tuning Into Brainwave Rhythms Speeds up Learning in Adults

Tuning into a person's brain wave cycle before they perform a learning task can dramatically improve the speed at which cognitive skills improve.

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·January 20, 2023·5 min read

High Frequency Brain Wave Patterns in the Motor Cortex Can Predict an Upcoming Movement

Spatially organized recruitment of neural activity across the motor cortex informs details of planned movements.

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·January 19, 2023·4 min read

All in the Mind: Decoding Brainwaves to Identify the Music We Are Listening To

Combining 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.

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·August 2, 2022·3 min read

Neurons Sync Their Beats Like Clocks on the Wall

A 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.

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·June 24, 2022·2 min read

Researchers Uncover Brain Waves Related to Social Behavior

Study reveals brain wave activity in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala associated with social behavior in mice.

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·June 6, 2022·2 min read

Brain Wave Sleep Data Can Predict Future Health Outcomes

Brain wave data collected during sleep predicts the future incidences of 11 health-related outcomes, including dementia, cardiovascular health, psychological disorders, and mortality.

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·April 27, 2022·6 min read

Anesthetic Drastically Diverts the Travels of Brain Waves

New findings reveal how anesthesia-induced unconsciousness differs from normal sleep in relation to delta wave activity in the brain.

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·April 22, 2022·5 min read

Interacting Brain Waves Key to How We Process Information

Study reveals the different ways the brain parses information through interactions of waves of neural activity.

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·March 6, 2022·5 min read

Death: 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.