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Eyes Open or Closed Reverse Alpha’s Link to Mind Wandering

Accounting for eye state is essential for accurate interpretation of alpha-band EEG in attention and drowsiness monitoring.

Brain Briefly Tracks Two Conversations During Attention Switches

Brief Training Nearly Doubles People’s Accuracy at Spotting AI‑Generated Faces

Single‑Neuron Study Shows Bilingual Brains Share a Semantic Map

Brain Trades Sensory Detail for Speed, Study Shows

Bumblebees Solve Novel Object-Manipulation Task Without Training

Study Confirms Feynman’s Formula for the ‘Restaurant Dilemma’

Beluga Whale Shows Signs of Self-Recognition in Reanalyzed Mirror Tests

Large Meta-Analysis Links Parental Severe Mental Illness to Greater Cognitive Difficulties in Children

Astronauts Over-Grip and Slow Their Moves in Space, Study Finds

Loneliness Linked to Lower Memory in Older Adults, Not Faster Decline, European Study Finds

Imagining Objects Reactivates Some of the Same Neurons Used to See Them

Trump Boasts He 'Aced' Cognitive Test Three Times, Drawing Fact-Checks

Practice Makes Multitasking Faster, Not Parallel, Study Finds

THC Intoxication Broadly Disrupts Memory, Heightens False Recall, Study Finds

Two-Decade Trial Links Adaptive Speed Training to 25% Lower Dementia Risk

Bonobo Kanzi Shown to Track Pretend Objects in Rigorous Science Study

Bonobo Kanzi’s Tea-Party Trials Provide First Controlled Evidence of Ape Make-Believe

Pink Noise Linked to REM Sleep Loss in Penn Study

Ice-Fishing Competitions Reveal How Social Cues Guide Human Foraging