News tagged with electroencephalograph
Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Put your thinking cap on and type with your mind (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Guger Technologies, an Austrian-based company, has developed a computer interface that can work directly with the human brain. The interface allows a user to "type" short messages by staring ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Juggling languages can build better brains
Once likened to a confusing tower of Babel, speaking more than one language can actually bolster brain function by serving as a mental gymnasium, according to researchers.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Expectations speed up conscious perception
(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain works incredibly fast. However, visual impressions are so complex that their processing takes several hundred milliseconds before they enter our consciousness.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Studying Paolo's brains
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, now working as a flight engineer on the International Space Station, is busy with a range of scientific experiments. The latest is peering inside his head to help understand how ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Simple test can detect signs of suicidal thoughts in people taking antidepressants
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have developed a non-invasive biomarker that may serve as a type of early warning system for doctors and patients.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Now you see it, now you know you see it
There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Drugs may prevent epilepsy, seizures after brain injury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs that block a growth factor receptor on brain cells may prevent epilepsy after brain damage, according to a new study appearing in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Physical activity may strengthen children's ability to pay attention
As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act, opportunities for children to be physically active during the school day diminished significantly.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Dynamical theory and novel 4-D colorimetric method reveal modus operandi of intact living brain
For the brain to achieve its intricate functions such as perception, action, attention and decision making, neural regions have to work together yet still retain their specialized roles. Excess or lack of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 21, 2009 |
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When it's more than the 'terrible twos'
We all know how infants can act up during their terrible twos, but when these behaviors are accompanied by developmental setbacks, they could point to something more serious.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 09, 2008 |
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