People with dementia have distinct brain wave patterns. Researchers are investigating ... 1 to 45 Hertz — that are associated with different types of brain activity, which in turn correlate ...

While understanding the different types of brainwaves might not ... As you drift off into the early stages of sleep, your brain is home to theta waves, which typically have a frequency in the ...

He discovered, along with scientists from New York and Freiburg, that different types of nerve cells become active simultaneously during spatial memory and are coordinated by brain waves.

These findings indicate that oscillatory dynamics are not just an epiphenomenon but are essential for efficient computation in the brain. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that incorporating ...

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, ...

When two tones of slightly different frequencies are played in ... beat will depend on its frequency and the corresponding brain wave: Beta waves (13-16 Hz) occur when we are awake and alert.