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Research from Sandia shows brain stimulation during training boosts performance
April 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Your Saturday Salsa club or Introductory Italian class might be even better for you than you thought. According to Sandia National Laboratories cognitive scientist Mike Trumbo, learning a language or an instrument or going dancing is the best way to keep your brain keen despite the ravages...
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Mike Trumbo adjusts an electrode on Laura Matzen's head

Watching neurons fire from a front-row seat
July 28, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They are with us every moment of every day, controlling every action we make, from the breath we breathe to the words we speak, and yet there is still a lot we don’t know about the cells that make up our nervous systems. When things go awry...
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Sandia shows monitoring brain activity during study can help predict test performance
September 10, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown that it’s possible to predict how well people will remember information by monitoring their brain activity while they study.  A team under Laura Matzen of Sandia’s cognitive systems group was the first to demonstrate predictions based on the results of...
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