Long-distance brain waves focus attention

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 13:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Neuroscientists found that neurons in the prefrontal cortex fire in unison and send signals to the visual cortex to do the same, generating gamma oscillations that are associated with cognitive states such as attention, learning and consciousness.

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