Whales, bats, and even praying mantises use ultrasound as a sensory guidance system - and now a new study has found that ultrasound can modulate brain activity to heighten sensory perception in humans. Virginia Tech Carilion Research ...
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Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) unveiled today a high-precision, low-power meter-on-a-chip for a range of portable health applications such as point-of-care diagnostics, home/self-test health devices, and wearable vital signs monitors, ...
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The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users to control and The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users toconsole without the need to touch a game controller, and provides rehabilitation ...
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Electrical stimulation of a specific area of the brain may help boost a person's ability to get through tough times, according to a tiny new study. Researchers implanted electrodes in the brains of two people with epilepsy to learn about ...
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New brain research suggests one reason girls mature faster than boys during their teen years. As people age, their brains reorganize and reduce connections. In this study, scientists examined brain scans from 121 healthy people, aged 4 to ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device aimed at easing the pain of migraines preceded by aura -- sensory disturbances that occur just before an attack. About a third of migraine sufferers experience auras. ...
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The first device to treat migraine pain when the headache is preceded by an often-visual disturbance called an aura has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) is held to ...
Mice pups raised without a father had abnormal social interactions and were more aggressive than those raised with both parents, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a researcher at the Mental Illness and Addiction Axis at the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator, a device to relieve pain caused by migraines. Christy Foreman, director of the Office of Device Evaluation in the FDA's Center for ...
Dyslexia -- difficulty with language/verbal comprehension -- is a connectivity problem with the relay signals in the brain's white matter, U.S. researchers say. Bart Boets, a clinical psychologist at Catholic University in Leuven, ...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Ikea plans to come to St. Louis with a 380,000-square-foot store that will open in the fall of 2015, the Swedish retailer announced Wednesday. Store officials said they have submitted plans to the city for the ...
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Car design can tangibly evoke a powerful emotional reaction in humans, particularly men, according to a new study by Volvo. Conducted in collaboration with London-based electroencephalograph (EEG) neurofeedback specialists Myndplay, the ...
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The scientific experiment, conducted by Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) in collaboration with EEG specialists Myndplay, tested respondents to analyse how the brain reacts emotionally to car design and how design aesthetics actually make us ...
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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...
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Semiconductor giant Intel is to open its fabrication facilities to ARM, after Altera announced that it had contracted with Intel to produce 64-bit ARM chips. The move opens the way for ARM microprocessors to be built to Intel's latest ...
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