"Instead, we propose that the brain uses waves to perform computations in a highly distributed and parallelized manner. The interference patterns produced by such wave-based responses facilitate a ...

People with dementia have distinct brain wave patterns. Researchers are investigating how EEG tests could identify people in the earliest stages of the disease when treatments are mostly likely to ...

Patterns of neural activity known as alpha waves, long thought to originate in the thalamus, may actually stem from a different brain region entirely. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, ...

Scientists in the UK have manipulated two prominant types of brain wave while volunteers slept, in an effort to develop ...

During a typical night’s sleep, the brain’s activity fluctuates. The first three stages of sleep are characterised by three types of brainwaves: alpha waves, theta waves and delta waves.

They measured the brain waves of the viewers in a standard seminar room – i.e. outside an elaborately shielded laboratory – and of a whole group of participants at the same time. They ...

The effects of the binaural beat will depend on its frequency and the corresponding brain wave: Beta waves (13-16 Hz) occur when we are awake and alert. Alpha waves (8-12 Hz) happen when we are ...