MeSH tree: G11.561.127.500
A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world. The findings offer ...
Jan 12, 2026
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When people use a psychedelic called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), they experience a temporary loss of their sense of self. DMT interacts with a frequency of brain activity associated with self-referential processes (alpha waves), ...
Nov 24, 2025
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The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres—what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa—but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is seamless. A new study ...
Sep 22, 2025
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Imagine a boxer dodging a punch, a musician perfectly timing a note, or a driver anticipating a green light—the brain can be seen as an amazing tool that is constantly predicting the future. But how does it do this?
Mar 21, 2025
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You don't need extreme diets or grueling workout routines to boost your well-being. Enter the "20-5-3 rule"—a research-backed formula to improve mental and physical health through time spent outdoors. Developed by neuroscientist ...
Dec 2, 2024
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Depression and sports-related concussion are neurological conditions that have many overlapping symptoms and uncertain recovery timelines.
Oct 15, 2024
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Our brains constantly work to make predictions about what's going on around us, for instance to ensure that we can attend to and consider the unexpected. A new study examines how this works during consciousness and also breaks ...
Oct 7, 2024
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Do you ever toss and turn in bed after a long day, wishing you could just program your brain to turn off and get some sleep? That may sound like science fiction, but that's the goal of the startup Elemind, which is using ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Brain waves can be manipulated while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a sleep stage associated with memory and cognition, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Novel technology, using sound stimulation, allows ...
Sep 11, 2024
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In a small pilot study, UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Flavio Frohlich, Ph.D., used a new closed-loop system to measure the electrical brain patterns of individual patients and then stimulate those patterns with ...
Aug 27, 2024
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