The Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Be Meaningful After All. By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging, and ...

Most brain activity is “background noise” — and that’s upending our understanding of consciousness Consciousness may be an emergent property from a bunch of background chatter.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium, as seen in the 1988 anime Akira. [Image: Bandai Entertainment] The call for official posters is part of an over century-long tradition.An artist selection committee ...

Handily, a team of scientists out of Singapore just discovered a simple way to keep remote meetings from frying your brain, and it is blessedly simple. Just switch your Zoom background. An ...

Study shows how brain tunes out background noise, hears one voice Partygoers at a 2003 event at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. Researchers say they have discovered how people can hear ...

MIT neuroscientists have found that the brain's sensitivity to rewarding experiences—a critical factor in motivation and attention—can be shaped by socioeconomic conditions.

The concept of free will could be little more than the result of background noise in the brain, according to a recent study. It has previously been suggested that our perceived ability to make ...