Growing evidence has shown that brain activity at rest slowly wanders through a repertoire
of different states, where whole-brain functional connectivity (FC) temporarily settles into …

Healthy aging (HA) is associated with certain declines in cognitive functions, even in
individuals that are free of any process of degenerative illness. Functional magnetic …

When the brain is not engaged in goal-directed activities and at rest, there are still
measureable patterns of activity. One resting-state network, the default mode network (DMN) …

Yoga is the most popular complementary health approach practiced by adults in the United
States. It is an ancient mind and body practice with origins in Indian philosophy. Yoga …

The availability of neuroimaging technology has spurred a marked increase in the human
cognitive neuroscience literature, including the study of cognitive ageing. Although there is a …

In recent years, the scientific study of meditation and psychedelic drugs has seen
remarkable developments. The increased focus on meditation in cognitive neuroscience has …

Normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) cause profound changes in the brain's structure
and function. AD in particular is accompanied by widespread cortical neuronal loss, and loss …

Older adults typically show weaker functional connectivity (FC) within brain networks
compared with young adults, but stronger functional connections between networks. Our …

Our brain is a network. It consists of spatially distributed, but functionally linked regions that
continuously share information with each other. Interestingly, recent advances in the …

Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as" wise" what humans do
especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin EP …