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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

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He is the founder and director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , where he conducts groundbreaking research on emotions and the brain, as well as meditation and contemplative practices. You shared that: our brains are constantly being shaped, wittingly or unwittingly. Its a learnable skill.

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There’s no such thing as ‘background music.’ Here’s how your playlist affects your brain

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But the brain doesnt. Whether we realize it or not, music is processed across multiple brain regions tied to attention, memory, and emotionmeaning even passive listening can impact how we focus, feel, and make decisions. Theres a difference between active listening and what we call purposeful passive listening.

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Researchers use "e-tattoos" on scalps to monitor brain activity

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Now, as reported by Live Science, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a way to use temporary tattoos for recording brain activity to address all of these problems – and it could shake up how we diagnose conditions like epilepsy and brain tumors. Instead of all. Read Entire Article

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Making Brain Waves: AI Startup Speeds Disease Research With Lab in the Loop

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BrainStorm Therapeutics , a San Diego-based startup, is accelerating the development of cures for these conditions using AI-powered computational drug discovery paired with lab experiments using organoids: tiny, 3D bundles of brain cells created from patient-derived stem cells.

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Environmental factors and personal behavior can affect brain activity for up to two weeks

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Finnish researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that affects brain activity over time. Ana Triana, a researcher at Aalto University who led the recently published study, examined her own brain's activity for five months using a combination of tools and brain scans. Read Entire Article

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Why the best time to solve problems might be the middle of the night

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Its a quieter time for our brain, says Katherine Green, the medical director of sleep medicine at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado. When you wake up with ideas in the middle of the night, its your brain activating those synapses or making those connections, she says. Theres less distraction at night.

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Meta unveils AI models that convert brain activity into text with unmatched accuracy

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The first of the studies, carried out by Meta's Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) lab in Paris, collaborating with the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in San Sebastian, Spain, demonstrates the ability to decode the production of sentences from non-invasive brain recordings.

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