Neurons that Rewire Traumatic Memories
Researchers have identified neurons in the dentate gyrus that help to reprogram lasting traumatic memories.... Read More...
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Humans and Machines Learn Together to Win a Competition
Training tetraplegic patients to compete in an online competition to control an avatar with BCI, researchers report the most dramatic improvements in computer augmented performance occurs when both humans and machines are able to learn.... Read More...
Paraplegic Rat Walks Again After Therapy, and Now We Know Why
Using electrochemical stimulation and robot assisted rehabilitation techniques, researchers restore walking ability in a paraplegic rat. The study reports reorganization of neural branching in the reticular formation leads to new connections and is key to motor skill recovery.... Read More...
Healthy Mitochondria Could Stop Alzheimer’s
Boosting mitochondria may defend against a form of protein stress that can reduce the formation of amyloid plaques, EPFL researchers report.... Read More...
How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand on Artificial Intelligence?
Researchers report they have discovered a way for humans to maintain control over artificial intelligent robots.... Read More...
That Music Playing In Your Head
As we imagine music in our heads, our auditory cortex and other brain regions process auditory information in the same way as if we are really listening to sounds, a new study reports. ... Read More...
Virtual Reality Reduces Phantom Pain in Paraplegics
Researchers use virtual reality technology to help generate an alternative body illusion and relieve phantom body pains in paraplegic patients.... Read More...
Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain
Following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation, a procedure that reroutes residual limb nerves to intact muscles and skin in amputees, the brain remaps both motor and sensory pathways. Additionally, researchers note, TMSR may help counteract poorly adapted cortical plasticity following amputation.... Read More...
A Brain System That Builds Confidence in What We See, Hear and Touch
A new study sheds light on the mechanisms behind metacognition and how we make sense of the world around us.... Read More...
Body Ownership is Not Impaired in Schizophrenia
Using the Full Body Illusion test, researchers discover those with schizophrenia do not have an impaired sense of body ownership. The findings contradict other theories which state those with schizophrenia may feel as though their bodies do not belong to themselves.... Read More...
Smart Walk Assist Improves Rehabilitation
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...
Low-Dose Diazepam Can Increase Social Competitiveness
Researchers from EPFL have uncovered how diazepam, a common anxiolytic, can increase mitochondrial activity in neural pathways associated with motivation.... Read More...