Autor: Clarice Peres

The gadgets are advancing—faster than the evidence in their favor. If there were a system or a product that could make you, say, 10% smarter, you’d buy it in a second, right? That’s been the promise of the “brain training” field, which has grown to a $1.3 billion market through products like Lumosity, a series… Continuar lendo It’s never too late to change your brain!!!

Rayleigh scattering causes the reddening of the sun at sunset — an example of how longer wavelengths (yellow and red compared to blue in blue sky) penetrate matter (dust at sunset) better. (credit: Wikipedia/CC) Researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) have determined the optimal wavelengths for bioimaging of the brain at longer… Continuar lendo ‘Golden window’ wavelength range for optimal deep-brain near-infrared imaging determined

Although attention plays a ubiquitous role in perception and cognition, researchers lack a simple way to measure a person’s overall attentional abilities. Because behavioral measures are diverse and difficult to standardize, we pursued a neuromarker of an important aspect of attention, sustained attention, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. To this end, we identified functional brain… Continuar lendo A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity