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Brain Waves and Beta Buzz: The Wild Story of Neural Oscillations

May 18, 2016June 30, 2017 Joel Frohlich Action Potential, ADHD, Alpha, Beta, Brain, Buzsáki, Consciousness, Cortex, Delta, Depolarize, EEG, Electroencephalogram, Firing, Frequency, Gamma, György, Hans Berger, Hz, Monk, Neural Oscillations, Oscillation, Parkinson's, Pyramidal Cell, Rhythm, Rhythms of the Brain, Theta, waves, Zen

What are brain waves? It’s no wonder the term sounds like science fiction. In the 1920s, a German psychiatrist embarked on a highly personal quest to discover the supposed medium… Read more

The Neuroscience of Star Wars Knowing Neurons

Did You Know? Neuro SciFi Neuroscience Technologies

The Neuroscience of Star Wars

December 16, 2015October 29, 2017 knowingneurons Alpha, Arm, BCI, Bespin, Brain, Brain-computer interface, Carbonite, Cryonics, Cybernetics, DARPA, EEG, Electroencephalogram, Force, Freeze, Future, Habituation, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Jedi, Les Baugh, Limb, Liquid Nitrogen, Lord Vader, Luke, Luke Arm, Master, Meditation, Movement, Neuroscience, Prosthesis, Prosthetic device, Qui-Gon Jinn, Robotics, Science Fiction, Sith, Sith Lord, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Vader, waves

For the first time in over a decade, a new Star Wars film is upon us, and if you’re like the staff of Knowing Neurons, your nucleus accumbens is firing… Read more

Screensavers of the Brain: The Science of Dreaming

Consciousness Did You Know? Sleep

Screensavers of the Brain: The Science of Dreaming

September 2, 2015July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich Awake, Cycle, Dream, EEG, Hypnogram, K-complex, PGO, ponto-geniculo-occipital, Rapid eye movement, REM, Sleep, Spindle, waves

Each night, you place your head on your pillow, close your eyes, and, barring insomnia, you lose consciousness of the world around you, drifting into blissful oblivion. Eventually, you reawaken,… Read more

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