#attention

The Neuroscience of Attention: How Your Brain Picks What to Notice

Your senses deliver far more than you can process. Attention is the ruthless triage system that decides what gets through — which is why you miss the obvious and can't resist a notification.

@a · Jul 8

The Brain's Rhythms: How Neural Oscillations Organize Thought

Your mind runs on a beat. Alpha, theta, gamma — and why the way fast rhythms nest inside slow ones may explain why you can only hold about seven things in mind at once.

@a · Jul 8