News tagged with acquired brain

Cognitive rehab helps people with acquired brain injury

Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Seeing color traced back to genetic mutations

From the inside of our heads, it feels as if colors are intrinsic aspects of the outside world and our eyes are beautifully designed to see them. But we humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Study reports novel drug technology that boosts therapeutic proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Miller School-led research team has created a groundbreaking drug technology platform that enables the body to increase its protein levels, a novel invention that potentially could usher in treatment for ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google making search smarter with 'semantic' capabilities

Google says it is retooling its search machine to go beyond recognizing words in queries and begin understanding what it is people are asking for.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Therapeutically useful stem cell derivatives in need of stability

Human stem cells capable of giving rise to any fetal or adult cell type are known as pluripotent stem cells. It is hoped that such cells, the most well known being human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), can be used to generate ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is how objects can be identified by simply "looking" at an image. Introspectively, we know that the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

‘Fingerprinting’ method tracks mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, the chemical "fingerprints" of the element mercury have been used by University of Michigan researchers to directly link environmental pollution to a specific coal-burning ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Going with the flow: Biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels

Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

How languages are built

Parents are often amazed by the speed at which children acquire language in early childhood, becoming fluent around three years of age. Compare this with the average adult attempting to acquire a second language, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Biologists use Sinatra-named fly to show how to see the blues -- and the greens

New York University biologists have identified a new mechanism for regulating color vision by studying a mutant fly named after Frank ('Ol Blue Eyes) Sinatra. Their findings, which appear in the journal Nature, focus on how ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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