A new study has found that contrary to popular scientific belief, remembering an event drives the production of memory-related brain waves more than actually engaging in the event does. The finding ...

The brain generates rhythms naturally. One way to confirm this is to record the brain’s electrical activity. This electrical activity results from the passage of ions (particles with positive or ...

The human brain is somewhat similar to a rudimentary radio with five channels. Electrical signals from neurons coordinate across the brain, generating oscillations known as brain waves. Each wave ...

MD Anderson Cancer Center is conducting groundbreaking research to determine whether music can literally heal the body. Researchers are using advanced brain wave mapping technology to study how live ...

In a new study published in Neuron titled, “Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms,” researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

There’s no shortage of apps and technology that claim to shift the brain into a “theta” state – said to help with relaxation, inward focus and sleep. But what exactly does it mean to change one’s ...

Share on Pinterest Both listening to music and drinking coffee may help improve cognition. Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images A new system tracks brain waves to provide a feedback system that may help ...