Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling 'drowsy' to 'a complete absence of conscious awareness.' Neuroscientists and philosophers compile what we ...

Adaptive deep brain stimulation was approved earlier this year by the US and European health authorities. It involves a computer interpreting brain activity and deciding whether to adjust the ...

In the case of Parkinson’s, stimulation effects are almost immediate, so it is relatively easy to see how well particular ...

For example, the tendency for behavioural responses in a range of cognitive domains to oscillate over time has been studied extensively. Recently, however, the phenomenon of behavioural oscillations ...

Before dying in 2021, Alvin Lucier donated blood for "Revivification," an installation that generates sound in response to ...

Deep brain stimulation has been around for a few decades, but the technology has recently advanced in leaps and bounds.

Scientists have mapped the brain's electrical activity during lucid dreaming, offering unprecedented insights into this ...

A study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings are ...

visualised as brain waves. They are commonly used to plan brain surgeries for epilepsy and tumour removal, as they can pinpoint the exact location where seizures originate. Once the scan is ...

Brain activity recordings in the sleep laboratory showed that specific brain waves during deep sleep – namely slow waves and spindles – were linked to overall memory enhancement. Good sleep is ...