Neuroimaging study shows how being “in the zone” requires intensive practice first and then learning to surrender

By The Conversation | April 16, 2024 |

Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up cre­ativ­i­ty, enhanced pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and bliss­ful con­scious­ness that, some psy­chol­o­gists believe, is also the secret to hap­pi­ness. It’s con­sid­ered the brain’s fast track to suc­cess in busi­ness, the arts or any oth­er field. But in order to achieve flow, a per­son must first devel­op a strong…

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Flexibility is good except when it isn’t: Study finds how scientists can reach different conclusions analyzing the same brain scans

By SharpBrains | August 4, 2020

Neu­roimag­ing: Many Ana­lysts, Dif­fer­ing Results (Dana Foun­da­tion): For decades, both the research and med­ical com­mu­ni­ties have relied on neu­roimag­ing tools like func­tion­al mag­net­ic res­o­nance imag­ing (fMRI) to give them a win­dow into the liv­ing human brain. Such scans have pro­vid­ed unprece­dent­ed insights into the brain’s struc­ture and func­tion – and the field, as a whole,…

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Gaming Your Way to Better Vision (Research Executive Brief)

By Dr. Daphne Bavelier | April 20, 2010 |

(Edi­tor’s Note: this is one of the Research Exec­u­tive Briefs that includ­ed in Sharp­Brains’ mar­ket report. We asked lead­ing neu­ro­sci­en­tists to share find­ings and impli­ca­tions from their own recent pub­lished sci­en­tif­ic stud­ies in order to bet­ter fore­cast the devel­op­ment tra­jec­to­ry of emerg­ing appli­ca­tions for cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness.) Brief pre­pared by: Bjron Hubert-Wal­lan­der, Bjorn…

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