The six anatomical layers of the mammalian brain cortex show distinct patterns of electrical activity which are consistent throughout the entire cortex and across several animal species, including ...

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A new study has found high frequency propagating activity patterns in the motor cortex that contain details of upcoming movement -- information that could lead to the development of better ...

Brain waves cycling at specific speeds in your skull might be shaping one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience: your sense that your body belongs to you. Neuroscientists have discovered ...

Smartbuds uses electroencephalography (EEG) sensors to detect deep sleep and delivers precisely timed sound frequencies to ...

Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, has long been interested in space. Specifically, the physical space occupied by the brain.

Throughout the brain’s cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT neuroscientists has now found that these layers also show ...