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The way sensory prediction changes under anesthesia tells us how conscious cognition works

October 07, 2024
… prediction changes under anesthesia tells us how conscious cognition works New study adds evidence that consciousness … the brain to remain prepared to attend to surprises. Cognition-oriented brain regions (generally at the front of … deactivates the top-down processes that that underlie cognition. It essentially disconnects communication between …

How the brain is flexible enough for a complex world (without being thrown into chaos)

May 13, 2024
… it needs to be and no more complex. That’s what flexible cognition is all about.” Co-author Kay Tye , Professor at The … John Duncan defended a surprising result from a study of cognition in Miller’s lab. As animals sorted images into … selectivity, they continue, is critical to understanding cognition. “Mixed selectivity is ubiquitous,” they conclude. …

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

April 04, 2019
… there.  It suggests that brain rhythms play a role in cognition and that we can treat cognitive deficits by … Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN … People Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN On …

After distractions, rotating brain waves may help thought circle back to the task

November 03, 2025
… cortex, a brain region responsible for higher-level cognition. To analyze how the neural activity varied as the … Research Article working memory , traveling waves , cognition Print Share Related Articles Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN …

Alzheimer’s erodes brain cells’ control of gene expression, undermining function, cognition

September 02, 2025
… cells’ control of gene expression, undermining function, cognition Study of 3.5 million cells from more than 100 human … less than the loss or preservation of cell function and cognition. The study presents a first-of-its-kind, multimodal … ability but where epigenomic stability remained, so did cognition. “To understand the circuitry, the logic …

Like radar, a brain wave sweeps a cortical region to read out information held in working memory

October 20, 2025
… Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN … People Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN On … Visual System Oscillations Memory Systems Higher Level Cognition …

How the brain splits up vision without you even noticing

September 22, 2025
… Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN … People Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN On … neuroscience prefrontal cortex Visual System Higher Level Cognition Oscillations …

‘Traveling’ nature of brain waves may help working memory work

January 31, 2022
… Brain Rhythms , oscillations , cognitive neuroscience , cognition , working memory Print Share Related Articles Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN … People Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes at SfN On …

In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivity

April 24, 2025
… In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivity Study provides new … , scientists found that 40Hz sensory stimulation improved cognition and circuit connectivity and encouraged the growth … better understand how stimulated mice could show improved cognition, the researchers examined whether cells in the …

Study links gene to cognitive resilience in the elderly

November 03, 2021

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