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Ariel Sharon’s brain scans show signs of consciousness
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsFormer Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds... -
Science confirms: IQ is not equivalent to Intelligence
Posted on December 25, 2012 | No CommentsHave you always suspected that you’re more intelligent than your IQ gives you credit for? It turns out that science is on your side! The researchers at the University of... -
First map of how the brain organizes objects and actions we see (video)
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsOur eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at UC, Berkeley,... -
Man in vegetative state communicates for the first time with doctors via fMRI
Posted on November 14, 2012 | No CommentsFor more than a decade, Scott Routley has been living in a vegetative state. He can’t talk. He can’t move. And although his eyes are open, no one is sure whether... -
Dream Reading Research Predicts With 75–80% Accuracy Whether A Car, Computer Or Man Is In the Dream
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough our ultimate dream – to play around with a dream reading machine - has still not become a reality, scientists are a step closer to understand and reconstruct our dreams. A... -
New fMRI Spelling Device Requires Very Little Effort to Setup
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsA new fMRI-based spelling device allows people to answer questions with their thoughts alone. Assigning unique patterns of brain activity to each letter of the alphabet lets people answer questions with... -
Robot Controlled by Human Mind Using fMRI (video)
Posted on July 8, 2012 | No CommentsScientists have managed to use fMRI scans of a human to control the movements of a robot body that allowed the researchers to control a robot in France from a... -
fMRI Locates Overactive Brain Areas, Helps Fight Depression
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsStanford researchers use fMRI technology to study the brains of teenage girls at risk of depression. Early findings suggest to train their brains away from negative situations. -
Female Brain During Orgasm Captured by fMRI
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsScientists have used brain scan images to record the world’s first video of the female brain as it approaches, experiences and recovers from an orgasm. The animation reveals the steady... -
Brain Scans Reveal the Importance of Outlines in Human Vision
Posted on May 23, 2011 | No Comments“Mind reading” scans show that, to our brains, a sparse line drawing of a street scene is almost as recognizable as a detailed color photograph. One at a time, researchers... -
fMRI Feedback Improves Ability to Control Thoughts
Posted on April 10, 2011 | 1 CommentAs humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people can gain greater control over their thoughts with real-time brain... -
fMRI Provides Window into Brain-injured Patients’ Consciousness
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsA recent study using fMRI to attempt communication with severely brain-injured patients suggests that cognitive functioning may not be recognized at bedside. Patients have imagined activities like swimming to follow... -
Dual-Headed fMRI Scans Two Brains at Once
Posted on February 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe world’s first dual-headed fMRI scanner has been developed by Ray Lee, technical director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. The new design allows an MRI machine to scan two brains...
