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Scientists team up with jazz musicians to reveal the neuroscience of creative flow
A new study unveils how jazz musicians' brains achieve creative flow, highlighting the blend of extensive experience and the release of control, allowing specialized neural networks to operate with minimal oversight.
A study of caffeine’s effects on our brain and attention revealed that during periods of #sleepdeprivation, a single dose of #caffeine can improve #attention in sleep-deprived individuals, but regular high consumption of caffeine leads to diminished attentional performance, as well as alterations in #brainactivity.
Long COVID’s Lingering Impact: Brain Function Changes Can Persist for Months
People with long COVID have abnormal brain activity during memory tests, months after their initial COVID-19 infection, with less activity in the regions normally used for memory tasks, but more activity in other areas of the brain.