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The stuff of dreams

By Stephen Ornes / April 18, 2013

Scientists recently used a computer program to decode patterns of brain activity displayed during a dream. They found that a certain object was linked with a particular pattern, and that pattern was similar whether the object was seen while awake or asleep. Credit: iStockphoto

Computer program decodes dreams, finds similar brain activity patterns for objects seen while asleep or awake

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, brain, computers, dreams, fMRI, Frank Tong, getinvolved, Japan, Kyoto, mind, Nashville, neuroscience, sleep, Tennessee, topstories, Vanderbilt University, wakefulness, Yukiyasu Kamitani

No ordinary zzz’s

By Susan Gaidos / June 6, 2012

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Anesthetics can put you in a coma — but that’s a good thing

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged anesthesia, anesthetic, brain, cerebral cortex, Coma, Emery Brown, feature, fMRI, nerve cells, neuron, Nicholas Schiff, pain, REM, sleep, surgery, thalamus