Most brain activity is “background noise” — and that’s upending our understanding of consciousness Consciousness may be an emergent property from a bunch of background chatter.

The Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Be Meaningful After All By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging, and more.

But the brain doesn’t. Whether we realize it or not, music is processed across multiple brain regions tied to attention, memory, and emotion—meaning even passive listening can impact how we focus, ...

Brain emissions at around 8 to 12 hertz, for example, form the alpha wave pattern associated with sleep. But the brain’s electrical output doesn’t produce perfectly smooth curves. Instead, the lines ...

But studying the brain's background noise won't just improve fMRI studies: some researchers want to use the information to diagnose brain disease. The premise is fairly straight-forward: ...

The human brain actually lights up with signals known as ultra weak photon emotions (UPEs), which are a byproduct of ...

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

In 1979, Hounsfield won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the development of computer-assisted ...

The brain is in default mode when we stare into space, sleep, succumb to anesthesia, make our mind a blank while sitting motionless—in short, when the brain's only task seems to be keeping us ...

Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Explain Value of Shock Therapy. By Elizabeth Landau. March 18, 2024. Electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in treating major depressive disorder, but no one ...

Handily, a team of scientists out of Singapore just discovered a simple way to keep remote meetings from frying your brain, and it is blessedly simple. Just switch your Zoom background. An ...

From an initial pool of more than 7,000 individuals, the researchers focused on 4,228 participants who had complete data on brain imaging, behavioral traits, and socioeconomic background.