Items tagged with brain

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A Helping Hand for Addicts Monday, June 29th, 2009 - 13:55:24 - Ehud Rattner Vincent Clark, of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, thinks he has something like a crystal ball for drug addicts. By applying traditional... read more

Learn How We Think About Others from Blind Saturday, June 27th, 2009 - 09:01:12 - Anuradha Menon Human beings constantly make inferences about other people's state of mind, usually without even realizing they are doing it. Cognitive scientists... read more

Repairing the Stroke-Damaged Brain Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 - 10:55:06 - Anuradha Menon A simple, inexpensive device that delivers electrical current to the brain noninvasively could help stroke patients recover lost motor ability... read more

Brain Detects Happiness Quickly Sunday, June 21st, 2009 - 14:00:45 - Ehud Rattner Our brains get a first impression of people's overriding social signals after seeing their faces for only 100 milliseconds (0.1 seconds). Whether... read more

Reading the Surface of the Brain Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 14:12:15 - Anuradha Menon A technology currently used to monitor epilepsy is being adapted into a neural interface for people who are paralyzed or have motor impairments from... read more

How Brain Processes Speech Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 18:22:43 - Anuradha Menon Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist... read more

Necessity is the Invention for Clever Birds Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 14:32:01 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of... read more

'Singing Brains' Discovered Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 - 18:02:07 - Anuradha Menon Studying the way a person’s brain ‘sings’ could improve our understanding of conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia and help develop better... read more

Robotic Therapy For Cerebral Palsy Patients Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 - 12:22:14 - Anuradha Menon Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now... read more

Math: The Eyes Have It Monday, May 11th, 2009 - 09:57:49 - Ehud Rattner A study in the journal Science finds that the same brain circuitry that moves the eyes right does mental addition. And circuits for moving eyes left... read more

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