Mapping the darkness: Sleep studies and its pioneers
Why is sleep crucial for health and what happens in the brain when we dream? Questions that sleep studies try to answer.
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A life-saving cap diagnoses strokes before arriving at the hospital
A team of Dutch scientists has developed a portable EEG hat that can diagnose the severity of a stroke before the patient arrives at hospital. The device has been tested with great success.
Companies already invest in technologies to "spy" on the brains of employees
Monitoring employee performance and activities is making inroads behind the topics of productivity and well-being. And more and more companies are thinking about "spying" into the minds of their workforce.
Brain activity of a dying patient recorded: surprising results
87-year-old patient dies during brain tests for epilepsy. A unique observation of her kind, which is a prelude to further studies.
AugLimb: a compact robotic limb to support daily activities
A third limb can always be handy: if it is light, compact and extensible, it risks becoming a "must have" of the future.
A team discovers how to communicate with those who are dreaming in REM sleep
4 independent laboratories test communication with those who are dreaming in the REM phase. The results open new stages in the study of dreams.
Mental disorders at CES2021: iSyncWave, diagnosis and portable therapy
iSyncWave presents at CES2021 a real-time monitoring system for mental disorders, and a treatment system. I await new details.
Shock thesis by the neuroscientist: consciousness is an electromagnetic field
A neuroscientist formulates a theory that goes in the opposite direction to those currents: consciousness resides in a magnetic field hitherto considered marginal.
AI predicts seizures an hour earlier with 99,6% success
Monitoring epileptic attacks and predicting their arrival is the perfectly achieved aim of this artificial intelligence against epilepsy.
A test involves waking up coma patients
A team from Columbia used machine learning to develop a test and predict the awakening of coma patients by analyzing their EEGs
Neural bypass: a paraplegic can walk again
A paraplegic patient was able to walk using only his brain thanks to a "Neural Bypass" procedure: the man, paralyzed 5 years ago following a motorbike accident, is the first in the world to walk without any aid. Dr. An Do's team at the University of California achieved a historic milestone by allowing the brain of a 26-year-old American to transmit brain impulses directly to electrodes placed around his legs, which produced the movements… Read more
To study methods to communicate with patients in a vegetative state
A group of English neuroscientists has discovered that it is possible to establish a two-way 'conversation' with people in a permanent vegetative state, thanks to a device already present everywhere capable of reading their brain activity. Researchers have noticed how some individuals in this state are able to understand what they are told and follow commands to perform certain actions: the project can radically change the way these patients are treated. In the experiment, 16 were asked… Read more
