Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference
What is clear is that the brain must be able to accurately regulate how strong a mental image is to avoid confusion between fantasy and reality. “The brain has this …
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Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records
Ann, a stroke survivor, can communicate using a digital avatar that decodes her intended speech. Photograph: Noah Berger/UCSF There are trade-offs to both group’s approaches. Implanted electrodes, like the ones …
A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement
The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in response to injury. Healthy regions can take over functions that the damaged parts used to perform. “We’re trying to promote conditions …
Injecting a Gene Into Monkeys’ Brains Curbed Their Alcohol Use
When they conducted postmortem examinations of the monkeys’ brains, the team also confirmed that the treated animals had replenished levels of dopamine. In the untreated animals, dopamine levels remained low. …
Creating Bionic Limbs: A Guide to Making Them Exceptionally Cool
Emily Graczyk, a biomedical engineering professor at Case Western Reserve University, who was not involved in this study, emphasizes the significance of temperature perception in our social lives. In her …
Should You Consider Taking the New Blood Test that Can Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk?
Typically, doctors look at several factors to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease: a patient’s medical history, cognitive and functional assessments, brain imaging scans, and spinal tap or blood tests. So a person …
Can Pure Oxygen Accelerate the Learning Process and Aid in Stroke Recovery?
As a physical therapist in Shanghai, Zheng Wang worked with people recovering from strokes after their brains had been damaged by oxygen deprivation. They usually followed a predictable recovery pattern, …
The Power of Old Memories in Shaping New Ones
Memories are shadows of the past but also flashlights for the future. Our recollections guide us through the world, tune our attention, and shape what we learn later in life. …