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·October 24, 2012·3 min read

Brainwave Training Boosts Network for Cognitive Control and Predicts Mind Wandering

Using 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.

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·July 13, 2012·3 min read

Controlling Your Computer With Your Eyes

Millions 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).

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·May 16, 2012·7 min read

Paralyzed Individuals Use Thought Controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and Grasp

NIH-funded study shows progress in brain-computer interface technology. In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach...

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·April 20, 2012·3 min read

Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain

A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research...

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·February 8, 2012·2 min read

Scientists Boost Memory by Stimulating Key Site in Brain

Mechanism holds potential for improving recall in dementia patients. Have you ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you...

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·July 27, 2011·3 min read

Researchers Aim for Direct Brain Control of Prosthetic Arms

Engineers work to design prosthetic arm that allows amputees to feel what they touch. Engineering researchers at four U.S. universities...

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·April 7, 2011·3 min read

Technique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in Speech

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted brain-computer interfaces to listen to regions of the brain that control speech.

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·October 27, 2010·5 min read

Human Thought Can Voluntarily Control Neurons in Brain

Neuroscience research involving epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes shows that patients learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with thoughts.