The effects of the binaural beat will depend on its frequency and the corresponding brain wave: Beta waves (13-16 Hz) occur when we are awake and alert. Alpha waves (8-12 Hz) happen when we are ...

Scientists in the UK have manipulated two prominant types of brain wave while volunteers slept, in an effort to develop ...

In dementia studies, measurements of brain activity are typically taken using multichannel EEG, which requires multiple electrodes to be placed on the scalp. Credit: yacobchuk/iStock/Getty Around ...

The method is aimed at letting participants gain control of their own brain waves. And if you can control your brain waves, they say, you can control, well, everything — from how creative and ...

It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is, was previously unknown. How do ...