(Phys.org) —A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota is giving new meaning to the old adage: "Mind over matter."

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Apr 10, 2013 4.3 / 5 (4) 2 |

The chimpanzee brain responds to pictures depicting affective facial expressions of another chimpanzee. A research team led by Program-Specific Associate Professor Satoshi Hirata (Primate Research Institute), ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Every year thousands of people in Europe are paralysed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently exists, in ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—A Canadian company is talking about having a window, aka computer screen, into your mind. Another of the many ways to put it—they believe your computer can be so into you. And vice-versa. InteraXon, ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Dec 05, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- Veritas Scientific is working on an EEG helmet that carries a slideshow of images that could, they hope, reliably identify an enemy. The device is shaped like a motorcycle-helmet with metal brush ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Jul 12, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes with Smartphone apps the line between seriousness and gimmick is difficult to discern. Take for example the Smartphone Brain Scanner developed by Jakob Eg Larsen and his colleagues ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Sep 19, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Car manufacturers are looking at a technology that sets off an alarm for drivers if they are falling asleep at the wheel. Sensors embedded in the driver’s headrest would read the brain’s electrical ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Aug 19, 2011 2 / 5 (1) 9 |

German researchers have used drivers' brain signals, for the first time, to assist in braking, providing much quicker reaction times and a potential solution to the thousands of car accidents that are caused by human error.

Technology - Engineering

Jul 29, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 4 |

Electroencephalography (EEG) records the electrical signals produced by the brain using an array of electrodes placed on the scalp. Computers use an algorithm called common spatial pattern (CSP) to translate ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

May 30, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain-computer-interfaces (BCIs) are most often designed to help people (such as those with disabilities) do things they find difficult on their own, but a joint project by Columbia University ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Dec 01, 2010 5 / 5 (9) 1 |

Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS). The goal of the ISWG is to improve patient outcomes ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Sep 03, 2010 not rated yet 0

People who have trouble sleeping in noisy environments often resort to strategies like earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones that muffle the sound, but a new study from investigators at Massachusetts General ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Aug 09, 2010 4.6 / 5 (5) 3 |

A commonplace electroencephalography (EEG) test may hold the key to predicting whether a person will respond to certain prescribed drugs, particularly those related to psychiatric conditions.

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Aug 04, 2010 4.5 / 5 (4) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable, plugless, brain-to-computer interface using electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes strapped to the scalp has been developed by a team in the US. The device may allow paraplegics ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Mar 04, 2010 4.9 / 5 (8) 0 |

Why can't I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Feb 25, 2010 2.1 / 5 (10) 0 |