Neuroscientists have made a "brain computer interface" that allows a #paralyzed man to walk again by creating a wireless "digital bridge" between #brain and #spine. #AI is used to process nerve signals, filtering the ones that matter and decoding the intent before relaying them across this wireless bridge and stimulating the appropriate leg muscles. Amazing use of #tech!
Several studies, including one from Harvard & MIT, have discovered that going into a nap with a problem in #mind helps the #brain find solutions. Extending that, use of a prompting device called Dormio during hypnagogia (the transitional stage between wakefulness & #sleep) increases #creativity & may show a way to prevent nightmares (and maybe finish a long-stuck novel). Shades of Inception!
Study finds people living in pre-industrialized setting age better -- their brains age more slowly, and almost no #cardiovascular disease or #diabetes.
NPR speaks with a neuroscientist and prosthetic designer about how the brain and body might adapt to an additional appendage (includes 13-minute audio report).
Typical human cerebral cortex development unfolds along patterns of molecular and cellular brain organization. We identify specific biological processes that can explain developmental trajectories down to the individual level!
"He has urged fellow scientists to turn their backs on the Elsevier journal and submit papers to a nonprofit open-access journal which the team is setting up instead."
“All Elsevier cares about is money and this will cost them a lot of money. They just got too greedy. The academic community can withdraw our consent to be exploited at any time. That time is now.”
How Music Can Keep the Brain Young
One promising method is musical training, which is widely accessible to the majority of people. Not only does musical training provide a fulfilling and aesthetically pleasing experience, but it also offers potential cognitive benefits, particularly for the elderly. https://scitechdaily.com/how-music-can-keep-the-brain-young/#music#brain#cognition
The larvae are exceptionally shy of light. Studies by the Page Institute for Global Lignine Research show: Imagines are extremely rare, they only develop with adequate reading. Feeding alternative: #Brain#orchids.
Long COVID’s Lingering Impact: Brain Function Changes Can Persist for Months
People with long COVID have abnormal brain activity during memory tests, months after their initial COVID-19 infection, with less activity in the regions normally used for memory tasks, but more activity in other areas of the brain.