Where do our minds wander? Brain waves can point the way

by | Jan 21, 2021 | Brain | 0 comments

Anyone who has tried and failed to meditate knows that our minds are rarely still. But where do they roam? New research led by UC Berkeley has come up with a way to track the flow of our internal thought processes and signal whether our minds are focused, fixated or...

The surprising science of fidgeting

by | May 24, 2017 | News | 2 comments

Harriet Dempsey-Jones, University of Oxford Hand-held toys known as “fidget spinners” – marketed as “stress relievers” – have become so popular and distracting in classrooms that they are now being banned in many schools. And...