by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainVirtual reality (VR) can be used to modify patients’ experience of pain. However, the current understanding of what type of VR content is the best for pain relief and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying VR analgesia remain unclear. To address this, a team of researchers from the...
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Study shows how auditory perception and motor processes work together
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. How do people coordinate their actions with the sounds they hear? This basic ability, which allows people to cross the street safely while hearing oncoming traffic, dance to new music or perform team events such as rowing, has puzzled cognitive neuroscientists for years. A new study led by researchers at...
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Scientists develop technique for more accurate brain diagnoses
by South Ural State University, South Ural State University Scientists of South Ural State University have developed a technique to identify the functional state of the brain with absolute accuracy. The results of the study will contribute to medical and physiological diagnostics. Electroencephalography is a study of the brainbased on the recording of its bioelectric...
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Locked-in man uses a mind-reading device to reject his daughter's boyfriend request to marry her, while also revealing he is HAPPY with his life
Brain-computer interface can detect blood oxygen levels and brain activity Participants were asked yes/no questions and asked to think the answer The device correctly relayed what they were thinking 70 per cent of the time A ‘mind-reading’ device has enabled a patient with locked-in syndrome to reject his daughter’s boyfriend request to marry her. The...