Neuroscience
Scientists can see the bias in your brain
The strength of alpha brain waves reveals if you are about to make a biased decision, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
Mar 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can stimulating the brain treat chronic pain?
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of electricity, enhance the naturally occurring brain rhythms of that region, and significantly ...
Nov 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Brain waves indicate listening challenges in older adults
The elderly often complain about hearing difficulties, especially when several people are talking all at once. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have discovered that the reason ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Throbbing pain isn't a matter of the heart, researchers find
(Medical Xpress)—Throbbing pain may pound like a heartbeat, but University of Florida scientists have discovered the sensation is all in your head, or more precisely, in your brain waves.
Aug 7, 2013
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Neuroscience
Brain waves can be used to predict future pain sensitivity
Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows.
Aug 6, 2020
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Neuroscience
Alpha wave blocks your mind for distraction, but not continuously
Alpha waves were long ignored, but gained interest of brain researchers recently. Electrical activity of groups of brain cells results in brain waves with different amplitudes. The so called alpha wave, a slow brain wave ...
Oct 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Report: Emergence of the alpha variant did not lead to more severe disease in children admitted to hospital
A new study, published in the journal Paediatric Research, provides evidence that the number of school-age children admitted to hospital with coronavirus did not rise significantly in the second wave of the disease when compared ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Neuroscience
Alpha waves organize a to-do list for the brain
Alpha waves appear to be even more active and important than neuroscientist Ole Jensen (Radboud University) already thought. He postulates a new theory on how the alpha wave controls attention to visual signals. His theory ...
May 23, 2014
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