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Recent Examples of brain wave
These consumer devices rely on AI to help recognize specific brain wave patterns associated with certain states of mind.
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Emily Mullin, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
He’s found that positive emotions—even if consciously self-induced—increase heart coherence and enable coherence between heart and brain waves.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Building on his recent study of macaques, Miller’s goal is to conclusively identify a brain wave signature of unconsciousness in humans.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The fastest brain waves, gamma waves, are associated with higher-level cognitive functions, such as learning, memory, and information processing.
—Paul McClure 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
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Emily Mullin, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
He’s found that positive emotions—even if consciously self-induced—increase heart coherence and enable coherence between heart and brain waves.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Building on his recent study of macaques, Miller’s goal is to conclusively identify a brain wave signature of unconsciousness in humans.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The fastest brain waves, gamma waves, are associated with higher-level cognitive functions, such as learning, memory, and information processing.
—Paul McClure 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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But with the arrival of the next course, bread and butter, I was forced to revise my theory.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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The landfill theory made some birding enthusiasts uneasy and prompted some authorities, locals and others to defend Ushuaia, a city of nearly 85,000 that draws tourists to its Antarctic cruise ships and abundant, watchworthy bird population.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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Though Descalzo cautioned that the possible role of saunas in transmission is still just a hypothesis, the bacterium is known to spread more efficiently in humid settings.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
11 May 2026
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The hypothesis was that if the aye-aye relied purely on hollow resonance, then the filling inside the cavities should have disrupted its ability to identify them.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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For that reason, avian influenza was one of her initial guesses as to the cause of the illnesses.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Google says these experimental models leverage a form of speculative decoding to take a guess at future tokens, which can speed up generation compared to the way models generate tokens on their own.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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The Caudalie beauty brand was the brainchild of daughter Mathilde and her husband Bertrand Thomas, who learned from a Bordeaux pharmacology professor about the potential health benefits of the grape skins thrown away by wineries.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Now, the longtime CEO wakes up to a blank outlook calendar; Hartz sold her company in a $500 million exit, and is deciding on her next chapter in the wake of parting ways with her brainchild.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Then the Aries Moon turns attention toward worth, resources, and building something tangible from inspiration.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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And supporters are left to fill the silence with speculation, chants and, now, airborne protest banners.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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A lot of reality programming feels like a delivery system for viewer speculation and judgment, often to tremendous entertainment value.—
Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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Because certain members portrayed didn’t leave expansive journals, Fehrman sometimes has to rely on conjecture or push his imaginative reconstruction too far.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
6 May 2026
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So, how do Peñarrubia and Nadler know this isn't just some clever mathematical conjecture?—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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By evening, the Aries Moon stirs private ambition and a stronger inner conviction about what comes next.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Boston 25 News reported that Brown has a criminal history spanning nearly two decades, citing court records tied to a man with the same name and date of birth that include prior firearm and drug convictions.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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