Mind reading – scientists translate brain signals into words
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 09. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Larger, numbered button-like electrodes (ECoGs) alongside the microECoGs indicated by the 4×4 circle grid at the end of the green and orange wires on the brain of a volunteer patient Using the same technology that allowed them to accurately detect the brain signals controlling arm movements that we looked at last year, researchers at the [...]
Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 14. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Literally donning an electrode-studded thinking cap can improve your memory by 110 percent, according to a new study by Australian researchers. The method applies electricity to the head to inhibit a specific region of the brain that has been implicated in autism. The finding is a follow-up to previous research at the same lab that [...]
Fast thinking flies to help build better robots
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 14. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
A fly being shown a striped LED pattern (left), and the area of the fly’s brain that processes motion As anyone who has ever tried to swat a fly will know, the little beasties have almost impossibly-fast reflexes. It turns out, in fact, that they have a response time faster than that of any computer. [...]
An Injection Straight to the Brain Makes Rats Forget Their Fears
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 04. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Just about everyone can think of some memory he or she would rather forget. For some, it’s something like a relationship gone wrong, or high school. For others — like soldiers returning from war zones — those bad memories can be highly disruptive, impeding the ability to live a normal life. But Puerto Rican researchers [...]
Wonder why we don’t crash like computers?
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 12. May, 2010 | 4 Comments
The control network of bacterium E Coli, left, and the Linux operating system, right Whether right or for wrong, the human brain is often compared to a computer, and vice-versa. They both receive data, process it, store it, and output new data. Unlike computers, however, the human brain doesn’t crash. Yes, people have nervous breakdowns, [...]
