Brain Activity and Background Noise (IMAGE)

University of Alberta

Brain Activity and Background Noise

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Joanna Scanlon (left) adjusts a wearable device on Kyle Mathewson's head (right), capable of making an electroencephalogram outside the lab -- in this case, while on a bicycle. Scanlon is lead author of a new study examining how background noise affects our brain activity.

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John Ulan

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