Researchers have figured out how a commonly used general anesthetic drug induces unconsciousness by causing brain activity to become increasingly unstable. The findings could lead to better anesthetic control in the operating room and treatments for conditions…

Researchers have figured out how a commonly used general anesthetic drug induces unconsciousness by causing brain activity to become increasingly unstable. The findings could lead to better anesthetic control in the operating room and treatments for conditions…

A team of epilepsy specialists at UC San Francisco has developed a method to predict 24-hour seizure risk. The discovery, which may be scalable to large numbers of patients, could help to improve the quality of life for the 2.9 million Americans living with…

A meta-analysis of 243 fMRI studies revealed that ADHD and autism have distinct brain activity patterns, with unique neural activations for each disorder outweighing their similarities.

Sisters exhibit more similar brain activity than friends or acquaintances when watching a movie, particularly in areas involved in complex cognitive functions, suggesting a neural basis for the closeness of social bonds.

Anhedonia-related emotional blunting is linked with abnormally sustained activity in brain areas responsible for attention.

In a new study, Yale researchers find people with stronger cravings for food or substances get “stuck” in a particular pattern of brain activity.

Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation engages different neural pathways compared to placebo, demonstrating that pain relief from mindfulness meditation is not the result of the placebo effect.

A new neuroimaging study has found that people with alcohol use disorder show reduced brain activity when alcohol-related distractions are present.

In a new multidisciplinary study published in the PNAS, a group of researchers from neuroscience and economics at the IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca links the debated concept of "ego depletion", that is to say the diminution of willpower caused by previous…

Scientists have known for decades that the classic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as jumping to conclusions or difficulty adjusting to new information, can be attributed to poor communication between the cerebral cortex and the thalamus, known as the brain’s…

How does mindfulness meditation reshape the resting mind? New research explores how experienced meditators' brain activity differs from non-meditators.

A team led by Western professors David Seminowicz and Siobhan Schabrun found two biomarkers could transform the way chronic pain is understood and managed

Communications Biology - Caffeine ingestion shifts sleep EEG towards higher complexity and criticality, flattening the 1/f slope and reducing long-range temporal correlations, reflecting enhanced...

A University of Trento study reveals that sleeping honey bees display synchronized brain activity similar to that of humans. Using imaging and neural modelling, researchers identified sleep-specific changes in sensory processing.

A study combining brain scans and gameplay data reveals that players with more efficient visual attention and stronger white matter connections excel at StarCraft II. The results highlight how neural traits shape success in cognitively demanding video games.

Nature - A machine-learning tool can predict what colour a person is looking at when trained on the brain activity of others.

Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity patterns

Findings from Mass General Brigham investigators highlight the intricate interplay of diverse physiological processes as the brain shifts from wakefulness to sleep.

A new study suggests that children with ADHD may exhibit a distinctive, measurable pattern of brain activity that could reflect differences in neural efficiency. The researchers focus on aperiodic EEG activity, proposing it as a potentially more consistent…