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Meditation for Mind-Control

Sep. 23, 2020 — Scientists have discovered that mindful meditation can help subjects learn and improve the ability to mind-control brain computer interfaces ...

A Computer Predicts Your Thoughts, Creating Images Based on Them

Sep. 21, 2020 — Researchers have developed a technique in which a computer models visual perception by monitoring human brain signals. In a way, it is as if the computer tries to imagine what a human is thinking ...

First 'Plug and Play' Brain Prosthesis Demoed in Paralyzed Person

Sep. 7, 2020 — In a significant advance, researchers working towards a brain-controlled prosthetic limb at the UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences have shown that machine learning techniques helped a ...

How the Brain's Internal States Affect Decision-Making

Aug. 17, 2020 — By recording the activity of separate populations of neurons simultaneously, researchers have gained an unprecedented insight into how the 'waxing and waning' of our mental state influences the ...

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Brainsourcing Automatically Identifies Human Preferences

June 17, 2020 — Researchers have developed a technique, using artificial intelligence, to analyze opinions and draw conclusions using the brain activity of groups of people. This technique, which the researchers ...

Artificial Synapse That Works With Living Cells Created

June 15, 2020 — Researchers have created a device that can integrate and interact with neuron-like cells. This could be an early step toward an artificial synapse for use in brain-computer ...

Multifunctional E-Glasses Monitor Health, Protect Eyes, Control Video Games

May 27, 2020 — Fitness tracker bracelets and watches provide useful information, such as step count and heart rate, but they usually can't provide more detailed data about the wearer's health. Now, researchers ...

Evidence That Human Brains Replay Our Waking Experiences While We Sleep

May 5, 2020 — When we fall asleep, our brains are not merely offline, they're busy organizing new memories -- and now, scientists have gotten a glimpse of the process. Researchers report the first direct evidence ...

Stabilizing Brain-Computer Interfaces

Apr. 20, 2020 — New research will drastically improve brain-computer interfaces and their ability to remain stabilized during use, greatly reducing or potentially eliminating the need to recalibrate these devices ...

Protecting Thin, Flexible Brain Interfaces from the Human Body

Apr. 8, 2020 — Researchers have demonstrated the ability to implant an ultrathin, flexible neural interface with thousands of electrodes into the brain with a projected lifetime of more than six years. Protected ...

'It's Like You Have a Hand Again': An Ultra-Precise Mind-Controlled Prosthetic

Mar. 4, 2020 — In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to ...

Imagined Movements Can Alter Our Brains

Nov. 7, 2019 — Brain-computer interfaces have a structural impact on brain ...

How Neural Circuits Drive Hungry Individuals to Peak Performance

Sep. 26, 2019 — Success is no accident: To reach your goal you need perseverance. But where does the motivation come from? Scientists have now identified the neural circuit in the brain of fruit flies which makes ...

Brain-Computer Interfaces Without the Mess

Sep. 18, 2019 — It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But researchers have developed a new type of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode that can do just that, without the ...