A study published by scientists at the University of California San Diego is redefining science's understanding of the way learning takes place. The findings, published in the journal Nature, provide ...

Brain scans revealed that before a mind blank, specific patterns appear in the frontal, temporal, and visual brain regions. The study found that during the blanking state, especially after ...

Sydney, Apr 25 (UNI) A new study by Australian and European neuroscientists and philosophers revealed what happens in the brain when minds go blank, a common yet poorly understood mental state. The ...

“We argue that this family of ‘blank minds’ could perhaps share some mechanisms, and that one type may shed light on the others,” she says. The researchers used two different imaging techniques that ...

Meaning that, “when the brain is in a high- or low-arousal state, a mind blank is more likely to occur.” In experiments with healthy volunteers, the brain shows signs of “deactivation” and ...

You know that feeling when your mind goes blank? One minute you’re happily getting on with something; the next, it’s like all the thoughts have just fallen out of your head. A new study is ...

But other cases were quite the opposite. In some people, a sudden spike in neural activity in the brain’s posterior regions preceded a blank. The authors believe that high-speed thinking might ...

A global team has constructed the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date. A global collaboration of over 150 researchers has created the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian ...