artificial intelligenceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2014Researchers Demonstrate Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Human SubjectsResearchers demonstrate the viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans located over 5000 miles apart. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 27, 2014Researchers Discover Why Learning Can Be DifficultResearchers have discovered a fundamental constraint in the brain which could explain why some skills are easier to learn than others. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 12, 2014How the Brain Recognizes Familiar MusicPeople recognize and remember music better if they have performed it in the past rather than only heard it, new research claims. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesRobotics·October 14, 2013A Blueprint for Restoring Touch With a Prosthetic HandResearchers develop a new blueprint for touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs. The findings could someday convey real-time sensory information for amputees. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 20, 2013Covert Operations: Your Brain Digitally Remastered for Clarity of ThoughtNeurofeedback which enhances the signal-to-noise ratio of brain activity, could have positive implication for rehabilitation following brain injury. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 19, 2013Carbon Nanotube Harpoon Catches Individual Brain Cell SignalsResearchers develop a flexible carbon-nanotube 'harpoon' to study individual brain neurons. The 'brain harpoon' harnesses the electromechanical properties of carbon nanotubes to capture the electrical signals generated by single neurons. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 11, 2013New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer InterfacesResearchers show that when humans use brain-computer interface technology, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as waving a hand. This technology could help improve the daily lives of those who are paralyzed or lost specific abilities due to neurodegenerative diseases. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 20, 2013Secrets of Human Speech UncoveredA new study has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our lips, jaw, tongue and larynx as we speak. Read More
FeaturedRobotics·February 12, 2013Neuroprosthesis Gives Rats the Ability to ‘Touch’ Infrared LightResearchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The study demonstrated that a novel sensory input could be processed by a cortical region specialized in another sense without "hijacking" the function of this brain area. Read More
FeaturedRobotics·February 8, 2013Researchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with ThoughtsResearchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 24, 2012Brainwave Training Boosts Network for Cognitive Control and Predicts Mind WanderingUsing several neuroimaging methods, a team of researchers working at the University of Western Ontario have now uncovered that functional changes within a key brain network occur directly after a 30-minute session of noninvasive, neural-based training. Read More
artificial intelligenceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosRobotics·July 13, 2012Controlling Your Computer With Your EyesMillions of people suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes, thanks to a new device that costs less than £40 (~$63). Read More
