Brain Food: Signal Without Static

Melanie Boly, a neurologist and neuroscientist at the Medical School of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is painstakingly collecting EEG data from long-term Buddhist meditators during a state known as pure presence, an experience with no self, no discursive thoughts, and no perceptual content except for a luminous expanse, an empty mirror. Att

What’s the “Best” Diet for Brain Health?

‘Our brains, wired to detect patterns, are always looking for a signal, when instead we should appreciate how noisy the data is.’