Hacker News with Generative AI: Brain Activity

REM Sleep as a Mechanism to Prevent Takeover of the Visual Cortex (2021) (nlm.nih.gov)
Regions of the brain maintain their territory with continuous activity: if activity slows or stops (e.g., because of blindness), the territory tends to be taken over by its neighbors.
Sleep, Neuroscience, Brain Activity, Vision, Visual Cortex
30 points by mhb 97 days ago | 2 comments
Scientists Identify Brain Signal Disruptions Behind Voices in Schizophrenia (sciencealert.com)
A new study reveals a missing area of brain activity in the minds of people with schizophrenia who hear voices.
Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Brain Activity, Research
11 points by janandonly 180 days ago | 7 comments
Real art in museums stimulates brain much more than reprints, study finds (theguardian.com)
It was a truth known to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell back in 1968, but now scientists have caught up with them: there really ain’t nothing like the real thing.
Art, Science, Museums, Brain Activity, Research
4 points by isaacfrond 182 days ago | 1 comments
Hallucinations from flickering lights: What happens in our brain? (medicalxpress.com)
A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows how flickering light can cause hallucinations in our brain: it produces "standing waves" of brain activity.
Neuroscience, Vision, Hallucinations, Brain Activity
8 points by PaulHoule 194 days ago | 1 comments