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Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (72) | 22

(PhysOrg.com) -- By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" ...

Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (20) | 0

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...

Neuroscientists uncover possible basis of short-term memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 27, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (17) | 0

Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and physiology/biophysics, and Phillip Larimer, PhD, a MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...

Scientists decode memory-forming brain cell conversations

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (14) | 0

The conversations neurons have as they form and recall memories have been decoded by Medical College of Georgia scientists.

Why newborn babies can't walk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 18, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (13) | 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first steps of an infant is a real milestone in the development of all mammals including humans, but little is known about why some animals can walk soon after birth, while others need ...

Music and speech based on human biology (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of studies by Duke University neuroscientists shows powerful new evidence of a deep biological link between human music and speech.

Testosterone does not induce aggression

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 08, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 11

New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects ...

Scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0

Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just have uncovered the first evidence that intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children causes the brain to physically ...

Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of Cal ...

Researchers crack part of the neuronal code

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Prostheses for paralysed patients, communication with patients who have lost all capacity for normal communication - the hopes for modern brain research are high. However, such brain-machine ...

The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...

People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...

Now you see it, now you know you see it

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 2

There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...

How to read brain activity?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, scientists show what EEG can really tell us about how the brain functions.

New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 01, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...