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Is there any data about the tendency towards of beta rhythms vs not in different cultures around the world?

• andai 9y ago
  Since brainwaves are associated with brain disorders and brain disorders are associated with genetics, it would be worth (albeit dangerous politically?) to investigate the link between brainwaves (and by extension, different cognitive faculties) and ethnicity.
  • jnordwick 9y ago
    This assumes that brainwaves function the same in everybody and that their measurement means anything more than phrenology.
    • growlix 9y ago
      Also that "brainwaves" have meaning beyond the behavior, brain region, and context in which they're being examined.
    • ipsum2 9y ago
      Do you base this claim off of any scientific evidence? Measuring schizophrenia based off of gamma oscillations is standard clinical practice. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27732692 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27732692 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571550 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571550 https://www.nature.com/articles/npp201617.pdf?origin=ppub https://www.nature.com/articles/npp201617.pdf?origin=ppub
      • jnordwick 9y ago
        I didn't mean to imply they were totally useless just that too much might be read into them. I guess i did use a bad comparison.