News tagged with electroencephalograph


Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair

Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.





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Drugs may prevent epilepsy, seizures after brain injury

Drugs may prevent epilepsy, seizures after brain injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs that block a growth factor receptor on brain cells may prevent epilepsy after brain damage, according to a new study appearing in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.


EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown for the first time that the brains of low-income children function differently from the brains of high-income kids.


Diesel exhaust inhalation stresses your brain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

If the smell of diesel exhaust isn't enough to make you avoid getting a lungful, new research now shows that even a short exposure to the fumes can affect your brain. A study published in the open access journal Particle an ...


Deafness and seizures result when mysterious protein deleted in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 24, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered that mice genetically engineered to lack a particular protein in the brain have profound deafness and seizures. The finding suggests a pathway, they say, for exploring the hereditary causes of deafness ...


Brain2Robot

Brain2Robot

Technology / Other

created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 0

People who suffer from paralysis are confronted with many situations in which they need a helping hand.


Study: Meditators 'surprisingly' alert

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 06, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Meditation produces changes in brain waves associated with being increasingly alert, say an Australian researcher.


A good night's sleep with the flip of a switch?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 30, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (68) | comments 0

The flip of a switch could become all it takes to get a good night's sleep, according to a study released Monday. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a way to stimulate the slow waves typical of ...


Brain wave changes in adolescence signal reorganization of the brain

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created Dec 06, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Brain wave changes in adolescence are related to age, not sexual maturation, and may be associated with one of the brain’s major reorganization projects: synaptic pruning, a new study finds.



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