Lead author Nadine Dijkstra noted that while imagination does stimulate the same region, the signal is usually too weak to ...

As a gifted science communicator, Grace Huckins — a lecturer at Stanford University and freelance science writer — recently ...

During the night, when muscles go limp and dreams fade, the brain slips into slow-wave sleep - the quietest, most restorative phase.

New research reveals that individual neurons in the hippocampus can respond to both slow and fast brain waves at the same ...

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It was a terrible time." Neurologists eventually suggested deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical procedure in which electrodes are implanted in specific spots in the brain to deliver electrical ...

As dementia becomes more widespread, Mayo Clinic researchers believe that artificial intelligence is the key to enabling earlier and faster diagnoses. By pairing AI and EEG (electroencephalogram ...

It curtails waves of neuronal activity during sleep that are critical for memory consolidation, the authors conclude. Waves of brain activity during sleep help consolidate memories. Tau tangles in the ...

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 ...

The timing of our brain waves shapes how we perceive our environment. We are more likely to perceive events when their timing coincides with the timing of relevant brain waves. Lead scientist ...

which has a frequency of 0.5–4 hertz and is thought to help you sleep better. Binaural beats help trigger the relaxing theta waves (4–8 hertz) related to meditation. Learn more about brain waves and ...