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Heat map of average brain wave activity recorded as volunteer epilepsy patients walked around a room searching for a hidden spot. Red represents strongest theta wave activity while blue represents weakest.

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2020

Title

Mapping out the Brain’s GPS

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NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded researchers used a special backpack to wirelessly monitor the brain waves of epilepsy patients as they searched for a hidden spot in an empty square room.

Credit

Courtesy of Suthana lab, UCLA.

Description

Heat map of average brain wave activity recorded as volunteer epilepsy patients walked around a room searching for a hidden spot. Red represents strongest theta wave activity while blue represents weakest.
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Heat map of average brain wave activity recorded as volunteer epilepsy patients walked around a room searching for a hidden spot. Red represents strongest theta wave activity while blue represents weakest.