A new research project has people seeing ghosts. By flashing an image on a screen in synch with signal rhythms in certain brain areas, scientists are making people hallucinate the image even after it’s disappeared.
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Diagnosis for the Alzheimer’s disease continues to rely primarily on neuropsychological tests which can only detect the disease after clinical symptoms begin. In a supplement to the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, investigators report on the development of imaging-based biomarkers that will have an impact on diagnosis before the disease process is set in motion.
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A common condition called leukoaraiosis, once considered a harmless part of the aging process like gray hair, is actually a disease that alters brain function in the elderly, according to a new study
Measuring humman intelligence may be controversial and oh-so-very-tricky to do. A new study, however, demonstrates a more rigorous way to see and measure differences in intelligence between individuals.
Read more : http://www.northjersey.com/news/165042406_Intelligence__Brain_size_matters__but_so_do_connections.html
Researchers have been trying to make brain-like memory chips and some have found potential evidences of how to approach their ultimate goals in a step forward. In this article, there are some experimental cases introduced about the memory chips.
Read more : http://the-connectome.com/2012/07/memories-on-a-microchip/
Despite what you may have heard, you can’t tell if a person’s lying by watching their eyes. If you’re surprised, you’re not alone – I thought that theory made a lot of sense until I read this new study. As it turns out, the eye idea just doesn’t line up with the evidence.
Read more : http://the-connectome.com/2012/07/lying-eyes/
By using an fMRI machine, which scans the brain and displays the activity in real time, paralyzed patients or people with locked-in syndrome can interact with the world using a surrogate body.
Scientists have found a way to use fMRI brain scans to read thoughts letter by letter in real time. They suggest their “brain-scanning speller” has potential for helping paralysed people who can’t move or speak, such as those with so-called “locked-in syndrome”, to have a conversation.
Read more : http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fmri-spelling-device