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… the brain endows us with intellectual abilities such as attention, working memory and reasoning. As an … that when a new sensory stimulus focused an animal’s attention, synchrony between cortical regions was evident in fast “gamma” frequency brain waves. When they focused attention based on task rules, synchrony was evident in …

… release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event Neuromodulators … release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event When your brain needs you to pay attention to something important, one way it can do that is …

… Neuroscientists discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential threats prefrontal cortex … a circuit that they believe controls the diversion of attention away from everyday pursuits, to focus on potential … cortex has long been thought to be important for attention and higher cognitive functions (planning, …

… cognitive functions like working memory and selective attention. A few, including the most cited of all, derive … decoding patterns of motion from neural signals caught the attention of the brain-computer  interface field, in which … that produced an explanation of volitional control over attention vs. more reflexive attention: Volition is …

… fed forward from lower regions to higher ones. Paying attention to exceptions The scientists also saw that … 7A’s beta activity is related not to prediction as much as attention. Animals performing the task did need to pay at least some degree of attention to the cue, whether it was predictable or not. …