Rhythmic brain activity used to track memories in progress
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 02:32
in Psychology & Sociology
Using EEG electrodes attached to the scalps of 25 student subjects, researchers have tapped the rhythm of memories as they occur in near real time in the human brain. The new findings show that EEG measures of synchronized neural activity can precisely track the contents of memory at almost the speed of thought, the lead investigator said.