Brain waves cycling at specific speeds in your skull might be shaping one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience: your sense that your body belongs to you. Neuroscientists have discovered ...

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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 ...

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This video illustrates the lifespan trajectory of the alpha process and its relationship with cortical myelination (T1w/T2w). Both the predicted myelination measure (derived from conduction efficiency ...

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 ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Research has long shown that meditation influences brain function, but exactly when changes begin after starting - and how they evolve with continued meditation - has been less clear. A recent study ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although our sense of self feels intuitive, the human brain actually has a hidden mechanism that helps us distinguish our bodies from the external ...