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·October 5, 2018·3 min read

How the Brain Learns During Sleep

A new study sheds additional light on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. Researchers report rapid fluctuations in gamma band activity in the hippocampus during nREM sleep helps facilitate memory reactivation.

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·September 27, 2018·6 min read

Researchers Uncover the Mathematics of Brain Waves

Researchers have developed a new mathematical model, which incorporates EEG data and evolutionary game theory, that bridges the gap between waves and random fluctuations in the brain.

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·June 20, 2018·3 min read

Reading Risk Behavior in the Brain

EEG technology allows researchers to predict risk taking behaviors in people. Researchers say higher frontal midline theta power is linked to higher cognitive control, allowing people to weigh up options more intensively during the decision making process.

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·June 7, 2018·4 min read

Waves Move Across the Human Brain to Support Memory

Alpha and theta oscillations move rhythmically across the brain, reflecting neural activity propagating across the cortex to help form working memory, a new study reports.

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·May 24, 2018·4 min read

Brainwave Link Between Disparate Disorders

Researchers report abnormalities in brainwave activity could be a common link between depression, Parkinson's disease, tinnitus and neuropathic pain.

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·April 21, 2018·4 min read

Creativity is a State of Mind and Can be Trained

Trained pianists have higher levels of brain wave synchronization when improvising pieces of music, a new study reveals.

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·April 9, 2018·6 min read

Brain Waves Synchronize at Live Music Performances

Brain waves of music listeners synchronize better when they attend a live concert, researchers report. Researchers say the findings indicate people enjoy music more when the performance is live and when experienced as part of a group.

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·March 30, 2018·5 min read

Slow and Steady Waves Keep Brain Humming

Researchers reveal ultra slow waves of brain activity are linked directly to our state of consciousness.

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·January 16, 2018·5 min read

Rhythmic Interactions Between Cortical Layers Underlie Working Memory

A new study suggests a general model of working memory. The findings could help shed light on condition, such as schizophrenia, where working memory function becomes compromised.

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·December 19, 2017·6 min read

Direct Amygdala Stimulation Can Enhance Memory in Humans

Researchers report in a new PNAS study that direct stimulation of the amygdala can enhance memory of images a day later, if the stimulation is applied immediately after the images are viewed.

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·December 12, 2017·4 min read

Deep Brain Waves Occur More Often During Navigation and Memory Formation

UCLA researchers report theta oscillations occur more frequently when we attempt to navigate an unfamiliar environment.

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·November 17, 2017·5 min read

Researchers Discover the Brain is Strobing, Not Constant

According to researchers, perception is cyclical. In a new study, researchers report that, much like visual perception, auditory perception and attention are rhythmic in nature.