Brain activity can be used to tell whether someone recognizes details they encountered in normal, daily life, which may have implications for criminal investigations and use in courtrooms, new research shows. The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of… Read More ›
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Using Brainwaves to Test Prices
Is Your Coffee too Cheap? By Frank Thadeusz A German scientist is developing a new way of testing prices by measuring brain waves. Some marketing critics are horrified by the idea of feel-good pricing, but others argue it could make… Read More ›
Mysterious bursts of activity in flatlining brain
17:09 19 September 2013 by Andy Coghlan Parts of the brain may still be alive after a person’s brain activity is said to have flatlined. When someone is in a deep coma, their brain activity can go silent. An electroencephalogram… Read More ›
E-tattoo monitors brainwaves and baby bump : “now modifying the tattoo to transmit data wirelessly to a smartphone”
26 April 2013 by Sara Reardon Magazine issue 2914. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide An electronic patch can analyse complex brainwaves and listen in on a fetus’s heart MIND… Read More ›
Brain waves reveal video game aptitude
Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists report that they can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game by looking at their brain waves. IMAGE:University of Illinois postdoctoral researcher… Read More ›
Brain scans during sleep can decode visual content of dreams.
Scientists read dreams Mo Costandi 19 October 2012 Scientists have learned how to discover what you are dreaming about while you sleep. A team of researchers led by Yukiyasu Kamitani of the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, used… Read More ›
Whether we like someone affects how our brain processes movement
Contact: Suzanne Wu suzanne.wu@usc.edu 213-740-0252 University of Southern California Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and… Read More ›
Stroke patients get helping hand from ‘telepathic’ robot arm which can respond to your thoughts
By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:06:24 EST, 3 September 2012| UPDATED:06:24 EST, 3 September 2012 Stroke patients who have lose the use of their arms could find a helping hand in the form of a robotic arm that can ‘telepathically’ respond… Read More ›
Hacking your BRAIN: Scientists reveal they can find out your pin number, and even where you live – all using a cheap headset
Technique uses a freely available headset often used to control games Researchers used it to watch for numbers a person recognised, which triggered a spike in a certain type of brain activity Say it could be used by police to… Read More ›
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