Neuroscientists have known for close to 100 years that there is “noise” in the background when they study electrical brainwave activity. Now, a group of researchers in California and Germany are exploring what they have found to be meaning within what had long been considered just noise. Dr. Bradley Voyteck of UC San Diego, along with colleagues, found aperiodic activity that is going by a variety of names, and they believe that this could transform our understanding of brain development and aging, among other things.

This piece from Quanta Magazine is one of the most exciting articles I have read in a long time. If you’re not already familiar with neurofeedback-related terms like Fourier analysis or power spectrums, it may take reading the article a few times to get the gist of the magnitude of what these researchers are exploring. If you’re at all interested in brain science, it’s worth your time. You can find the article here.