#EEG

Researchers at Caltech and Japan’s Toyohashi University of Technology have uncovered the unique neural signatures that help teams enter deep, focused “flow states” together—a finding that could revolutionize how Thai workgroups, students, and even esports teams are assembled for peak performance. Team flow, long recognized in positive psychology as a state where individuals lose track of time and become wholly absorbed in collaborative activity, has been linked to better productivity, higher job satisfaction, and improved mental wellbeing. In their recent study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, scientists used EEG brainwave monitoring to capture the unique electrical “fingerprints” of focus when pairs played a cooperative rhythm-based video game that required precise, synchronized action, similar to popular titles like Guitar Hero (Caltech News).

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered fascinating insights into how the brain consolidates memories during wakeful moments, offering implications that resonate beyond mere academic curiosity to practical applications in education and memory enhancement. The study, led by Dr. David Halpern and Dr. Michael J. Kahana, explores the brain’s spontaneous tendency to reactivate specific stimuli during short intervals between encoding tasks, predicting which memories are retained with greater accuracy at a later stage.