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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

Sleeping in space

By Stephen Ornes / January 27, 2013

Long space flights may harm astronauts’ sleep patterns, a 520-day experiment found. Replacing fluorescent bulbs with blue lights like the ones in this photo may help avoid those problems. Credit: ESA

Volunteers face problems on a make-believe mission to Mars

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged attention, experiment, getinvolved, human space exploration, Jeffrey Sutton, Mars, Mathias Basner, Moscow, sleep, space, topstories, University of Pennsylvania

Learning in your sleep

By Stephen Ornes / September 20, 2012

Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists recently found. Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Anat Arzi, brain, getinvolved, nervous system, neurobiology, neuroscience, olfaction, sleep, smell, sound, topstories, Weizmann Institute of Science

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