In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a game-world(2022)(cell.com)

12 points by rolph 7 months ago | 4 comments

Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep(cell.com)

109 points by Jimmc414 1 year ago | 66 comments

Collaborating with a robot biases human spatial attention(cell.com)

19 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 7 comments

Free introns of tRNAs as complementarity-dependent regulators of gene expression(cell.com)

24 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 4 comments

Near-infrared spatiotemporal color vision enabled by upconversion contact lenses(cell.com)

51 points by ArnoVW 1 year ago | 34 comments

Brain Hyperconnectivity in Children with Autism and Its Links to Social Deficits (2013)(cell.com)

107 points by stmw 1 year ago | 77 comments

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.

Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice(jamanetwork.com)

337 points by hdevarajan 2 years ago | 207 comments

A JAMA Medical News in Brief item reporting that brain waves during sleep appear to help flush waste from the brain in mice.

Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music(journals.plos.org)

500 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 269 comments

PLOS One open-access research article on the neurobiological basis of altered states of consciousness induced by high ventilation breathwork with music.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.