Brain implant lets man control Amazon’s Alexa with his mind
Credits: Synchron A patient with a degenerative disease has been able to command Amazon's Alexa digital assistant with his mind, ...
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Double cards discovered in the brain
When a rat plans to move from a starting position to a target, it can consider the target's location in ...
New study reveals brain changes throughout pregnancy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pregnancy is a transformative time in a person's life, during which the body undergoes rapid physiological ...
Scientists discover key features of language sites that could help preserve function after brain surgery
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they must remove the ...
Mouse study finds sex differences in how brain handles threats
Men and women are equally subject to risk-based discrimination. Credit: Neuroscience of Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01748-7 A new study has ...
Increasing brain protein levels could slow decline in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study published in the journal Brain shows that increased protein levels with new Alzheimer's drugs ...
Wearable brain imaging device sheds light on how babies react in real-world situations
Mother Mererid and baby Mabli were volunteers for the study. Credit: Liam Collins-Jones/UCL New technology that uses harmless light waves ...
How Scars from Destroyed Brain Tumors Promote Relapse
Graphic summary. Credit: Cancer cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.08.012 A study led by Ludwig Cancer Research has found that recurrent tumors ...
Brain cell types affected differently by Rett syndrome mutation, researchers find
Smaller and more circularized mitochondria in glia of RTT brain organoids. Credit: Scientific reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-71040-y Rett syndrome is ...
‘Sticky’ brain activity linked to stronger feelings of desire
Data sets and analysis schema. Credit: Molecular psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02708-0 Communication between brain regions is constantly changing, but neuroimaging ...
