Mind
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Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna have developed a technique called "bionic reconstruction" that allows amputees to control a robotic prosthesis with their mind, when there's no neural connection left to exploit between the brain and the part of the hand that remains..
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It can be quite difficult to determine if someone actually has ADHD, and misdiagnoses are common. Now, however, researchers from Tel Aviv University have announced that analyzing a patient's eye movements may be the key.
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Turning science fiction into fact, researchers at the Institute for Flight System Dynamics of the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the TU Berlin are developing a way for pilots to control aircraft with their minds alone.
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Seattle-based visual designer Sam Matson has created a headset aimed at helping gamers learn to control "gamer rage." The Immersion headset monitors the user's heart rate and increases the difficulty of a game, the less calm they become.
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Using only the power of thought to control a simulation, stroke patients have access to therapy using the same EEG technology that we previously saw demonstrated to control a quadcopter. These “virtual reality hands” allow patients real-time feedback in the process of rebuilding damaged neurons.
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ScienceAt Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands, scientists have used an MRI scanner and a mathematical model to read observed letters, right out of test subjects’ brains.
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Scientist are using interactive avatars to help schizophrenics gain control of their auditory hallucinations.
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Seniors who played the Road Tour video game in a controlled trial reportedly experienced an improvement in their cognitive skills.
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At this year's Tokyo Games show, Neurowear unveiled its Shippo brain-controlled motorized tail.
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A Kentucky-based hackerspace has turned a mind-reading toy into a melon blasting machine.
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ScienceA Duke University study has revealed that wearing stroboscopic eyewear during physical activities has a positive impact on visual short-term memory retention.
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An anticancer drug, bexarotene, reverses the physical and cognitive effects of Alzheimer's in mice in three days.
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