An emerging body of evidence has begun to document the beneficial after effects of single
bouts—or doses—of physical activity for cognition. This article highlights a selection of …

The sound of music may arouse profound emotions in listeners. But such experiences seem
to involve a 'paradox', namely that music–an abstract form of art, which appears removed …

Maintaining attention for more than a few seconds is essential for mastering everyday life.
Yet, our ability to stay focused on a particular task is limited, resulting in well-known …

Many of our daily activities, such as riding a bike to work or reading a book in a noisy cafe,
and highly skilled activities, such as a professional playing a tennis match or a violin …

The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive
science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of …

Abstract Slow waves (0.5–4 Hz) predominate in the cortical electroencephalogram during
non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in mammals. They reflect the synchronization of …

Research indicates that people value music primarily because of the emotions it evokes.
Yet, the notion of musical emotions remains controversial, and researchers have so far been …

Adult obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with cognitive dysfunction. While many
review articles have attempted to summarize the evidence for this association, it remains …

Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
have been extensively used to explore the functional neuroanatomy of cognitive functions …

Alerting, orienting, and executive control are widely thought to be relatively independent
aspects of attention that are linked to separable brain regions. However, neuroimaging …