Tag: brain activity

  • Nation & World

    Sleep test predicts dementia in older adults

    A noninvasive sleep test may help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults by measuring brain activity.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Finding signs of life when it matters most

    An MGH study has found that the use of fMRI and EEG may provide early detection of consciousness in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Spotting speedy brain activity

    Using ultra-fast MRI scans, scientists are able to track rapid oscillations in brain activity that previously would have gone undetected, a development that could open the door to understanding fast-occurring cognitive processes that once appeared off-limits to scientists.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Funding the future

    The Star Family Challenge makes grants every year to high-risk, high-reward research efforts that might not receive funding through other programs. This year’s recipients are Edo Berger, Katia Bertoldi, Edward Glaeser, Talia Konkle, and Bence Ölveczky.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sex differences in brains reflect disease risks

    Women’s brains are different from men’s. That’s not news. What is news is that the differences are smaller than most people believe. They are not big enough to say that one sex is smarter or better at math than the other.

    5 minutes