News tagged with computer therapy

Predicting learning using brain analysis

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has developed a way to predict how much a person can learn, based on studies at UC Santa Barbara's Brain Imaging Center.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computational feat speeds finding of genes to milliseconds instead of years

Like a magician who says, "Pick a card, any card," Stanford University computer scientist Debashis Sahoo, PhD, seemed to be offering some kind of trick when he asked researchers at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (37) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researcher creates patented personalized therapy that causes cancer cells to kill themselves

A Wayne State University School of Medicine physician-researcher has developed a personalized therapy to treat a wide range of cancers. The treatment is based on a naturally occurring human enzyme that has been genetically ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Treating lazy eyes with a joystick

Four percent of all children suffer from amblyopia, better known as "lazy eye syndrome." Traditional treatment for the condition requires the use of an eye patch, often for months at a time, before the eye is corrected. This ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Practice more important than age in learning to use computer mouse

Children as young as 5 years old can learn how to use a computer mouse, new research suggests.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0