Virtual reality is fun. But what if it could be more than fun? What if VR could make you smarter? For more than 70 years, scientists have known about a brain phenomenon called the “theta rhythm.” To ...

Stronger, improved brain rhythms appear in VR in a brain region responsible for many learning and memory diseases, from Alzheimer's to ADHD and depression A new discovery in rats shows that the brain ...

Researchers from HSE University and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences have discovered how the theta rhythm of the brain and the gender differences in attitudes to risk are ...

Brain rhythms change their tune in people with Alzheimer’s disease, and they do so to the beat of Aβ and tau, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine on March 11. Researchers ...

As the rats ran down a short balance beam, stopping occasionally to poke their noses at a water fountain, their brains knew something was off. Inside the hippocampus, a brain region that documents the ...

Regular exercise promotes learning and memory functions. Theta activity is known to relate to various cognitive functions. An increase in theta power may be related to higher cognitive functioning and ...