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… Findings In the brain, bursts of beta rhythms implement cognitive control Bursts of brain rhythms with “beta” frequencies … Hz, holds the key to understanding how the brain controls cognitive processes—or loses control in some disorders—a team … In the brain, bursts of beta rhythms implement cognitive control working memory gamma Brain Rhythms …

… collaboration. But they do so for opposite reasons. As a cognitive neuroscientist, Miller’s job is to discern how the … by profoundly (but only temporarily) impairing sensory and cognitive processing. He and colleagues have traced how the … has also shown that beta seems to regulate gamma to control cognition. When beta waves are prominent, gamma power …

… April 4, 2019 Research Findings Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms In a new study that could … applied to a specific brain region, it improves patients’ cognitive control over their behavior by increasing the power … Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms prefrontal …

… for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. “There’s a whole lot of … has shown that beta rhythms carry “top down” signals to control when and where gamma rhythms can encode sensory … evidence suggests that beta rhythms apply this control of cognitive processes to physical patches of the cortex, …

… Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. “Different parts of the cortex … Grant EXC 307). Read more Research Article cognition , cognitive neuroscience , cognitive control , vision Print Share Related Articles Brain waves’ …

… Picower People Earl Miller wins George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience When MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller … named 2019 recipient of the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience , Earl Miller is set to deliver a … sketchpad of consciousness” in which people can hold and control new information, such as the list of specials at a …

… 2, 2025 Research Findngs Alzheimer’s erodes brain cells’ control of gene expression, undermining function, cognition … when the epigenomic breakdowns were occurring people lost cognitive ability but where epigenomic stability remained, so … ones without, and accounting for stage of pathology and cognitive symptoms, they could produce rigorous associations …

… consciousness requires communication between sensory and cognitive regions of the brain’s cortex Our brains constantly … frequency bands—between basic sensory and higher-order cognitive regions of the brain.  Previously, members of the … to detect simple surprises but communication with a higher cognitive region toward the front of the brain was lost, …

… region and circuits controlling attention The attentional control that organisms need to succeed in their goals comes … from the Posner spatial cueing task, widely used in human cognitive neuroscience. In this task, mice before seeing the … supported the study. Research Article attention , cognitive control , prefrontal cortex Print Share In the …