Thalamic oscillations distinguish natural states of consciousness in humans
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Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 27 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02446-zChowdhury et al. report the discovery of a 19–45-Hz thalamic oscillation that is present during human wakefulness and REM sleep, but not NREM sleep.
The omitted first half of the sentence—“using a rare opportunity to directly record from the human thalamus…”—already highlights a key difference, among others.
Contrary to claims made here & elsewhere, we do mention Snipes (2025) in our paper, alongside other relevant reports of cortical activity.
For those interested in evaluating the strength of the claims made in some of these posts relative to the data they cite, here is the relevant statement from Snipes (2025):
“...iota was detected in 2 of 17 wake recordings.”
That is, 2 out of 17 participants.
