Neuroscientists have discovered that when the brain is distracted, coordinated “rotating” waves of neural activity help it steer back to focus.

As sure as the brain is prone to distraction, it can also return its focus to the task at hand. A new study in animals by ...

Delving into the depths of the human mind, researchers are using advanced forms of brain imaging to uncover hidden memories in comatose patients. These findings not only challenge our previous ...

New research shows that the brain’s ability to detect subtle visual changes—like spotting an anomaly on a security monitor—depends on theta-frequency brain waves (3–6 Hz) that rhythmically sweep ...

Yale scientists traced gamma brain waves to thalamus-cortex interactions. The discovery could reveal how brain rhythms shape perception and disease. For more than a century, scientists have observed ...

It happened at a music festival in California in 2018. “I think I was probably 28,” says Daniel Toker, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will ...

Claire Wineland was in a coma for 2 weeks after surgery. — -- For two weeks Claire Wineland kept picturing herself in Alaska looking at forests, caves and wildlife. “I remember sitting there and ...