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If a Brain Can Be Caught Lying, Should We Admit That Evidence to Court?

Neuroscience NewsAugust 5, 2017

As technology is improving and becoming more accurate at deciphering whether a person is lying or telling the truth, researchers debate whether such technology should be used in legal cases.... Read More...

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Cognitive Hearing Aid Filters Out the Noise

Neuroscience NewsAugust 5, 2017

A newly developed cognitive hearing aid can monitor brain activity to determine who a person is listening to and amplifies that voice to assist the listener. The technology can help a hearing impaired person follow a conversation in a noisy environment far more easily.... Read More...

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Why Humans Find Faulty Robots More Likable

Neuroscience NewsAugust 4, 2017

As social robotics is becoming more popular, researchers explore how people react to the technology. They report people show significantly stronger liking to faulty robots than those that interact perfectly. ... Read More...

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Neural Networks Model Audience Reactions to Movies

Neuroscience NewsAugust 2, 2017

A new artificial neural network can assess a viewer's reaction to movies based on patterns of facial expressions. With enough information, researchers say the ANN will be able to assess how an audience is reacting to a movie and predict an individual's response based on a few minutes of observation.... Read More...

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A Computer That Reads Body Language

Neuroscience NewsJuly 25, 2017

A new computer system is able to see hand poses and track multiple people in real time. Researchers say that being able to detect nuances of non-verbal communication, robots will be better able to perceive what humans around them are doing.... Read More...

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Low-Cost Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language Alphabet

Neuroscience NewsJuly 24, 2017

Researchers at UCSD have developed a new gesture recognition glove that can wirelessly translate the ASL alphabet into text. The glove can also communicate back by controlling a virtual hand and mimicking gestures.... Read More...

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Illuminating Neural Pathways in the Living Brain

Neuroscience NewsJuly 24, 2017

A new optogenetic method called Optobow is helping researchers to discover specific and individual components of functional neural networks in the living brain. A Nature Communications report states this new method can help provide more detailed insights into both brain function and structure.... Read More...

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Smart Walk Assist Improves Rehabilitation

Neuroscience NewsJuly 20, 2017

Researchers have developed a new algorithm for a walking system that allows those with spinal cord injury to regain mobility. Researchers say their system, Smart Walk Assist, is designed to promote natural walking patterns in patients, so the nervous system can learn how to walk again.... Read More...

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Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior

Neuroscience NewsJuly 18, 2017

A new Frontiers in Robotics and AI study outlines a concept called Empowerment that may allow robots to adhere to self preservation while serving and protecting humans.... Read More...

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Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fly Behavior

Neuroscience NewsJuly 13, 2017

Using machine learning, researchers have created a comprehensive brain map that links different groups of neurons to specific behaviors in fruit fly brains. The study, published in Cell, reports the AI used more than 225 days of video footage to help create the map. Left in human hands, the work would have taken an estimated 3,800 years to complete. ... Read More...

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Creating Music by Thought Alone

Neuroscience NewsJuly 12, 2017

Researchers have created a new musical instrument that can be controlled by thought alone. The instrument, dubbed the Encephalophone, may help as a rehabilitation tool for those with motor disabilities, the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience study reports.... Read More...

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Could Hackers Use Your Brainwaves to Steal your Passwords?

Neuroscience NewsJuly 3, 2017

As EEG headsets are growing in popularity with general consumers, researchers are advising better security and safety measures is needed after their study revealed how easy it could be for experienced hackers to break into the system software and monitory brain waves to extract personal information.... Read More...

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Scientists Use Magnetic Fields to Remotely Stimulate Brain and Control Body Movements

Therapeutic Cocktail Could Restore Motor Skills after Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke

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Scientists Use Magnetic Fields to Remotely Stimulate Brain and Control Body Movements

Astrocytes Given Star Treatment

New Brain Area Implicated in Navigation and Spatial Memory

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Scientists Use Magnetic Fields to Remotely Stimulate Brain and Control Body Movements

Therapeutic Cocktail Could Restore Motor Skills after Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke

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technology

If a Brain Can Be Caught Lying, Should We Admit That Evidence to Court?

Cognitive Hearing Aid Filters Out the Noise

A Computer That Reads Body Language

Low-Cost Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language Alphabet

Illuminating Neural Pathways in the Living Brain

Smart Walk Assist Improves Rehabilitation

Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior

Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fly Behavior

Creating Music by Thought Alone

Could Hackers Use Your Brainwaves to Steal your Passwords?

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