Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry

There are specific parts of the brain that trigger hesitation in times of uncertainty.

The Conversation
Un sonno breve sembra facilitare la scoperta di connessioni invisibili in un compito complesso. Un nuovo studio suggerisce che un breve riposo, soprattutto se portato fino al sonno profondo (N2), può migliorare significativamente l'intuizione nella risoluzione dei problemi complessi. I partecipanti allo studio che hanno raggiunto la fase N2 durante il breve sonno hanno mostrato più possibilità di scoprire soluzioni in un compito dopo il riposo.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003185
N2 sleep promotes the occurrence of ‘aha’ moments in a perceptual insight task

Sleep supports memory consolidation, but can it also facilitate memory reorganization? This study reveals that N2 sleep, but not N1 sleep during a nap, increases the likelihood of having an 'aha' moment about a previous decision-making task, and that spectral slopes of EEG power spectra predict future insights.

Save the date: In-person Neuroinformatics Assembly 2024!
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📅 Sep 23-25, training Sep 26-27

For the first time since 2018, we're going to host an in-person Assembly, and we've chosen Austin, Texas. Assembly will run from Sep 23-25, with training activities from Sep 26-27.
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