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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers say they have found a way to turn some of the fantasies seen in the movie Inception into a reality. Scientists say they discovered a potential way to decode dreams, enabling them to predict the content of the visual imagery being experienced by the dreamer based on neural activity recorded during sleep. The team created decoding computer programs based on brain activity measured while study participants were wide awake...
SAN DIEGO, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VOIS, Inc. (OTCQB- VOIS), The US Government recently announced an initiative of $100 Million to unlock the mapping of the human brain. Significant articles from CNN, USA Today and The Washington Post describe the initiative in detail below. With the company's current mobile EEG headset and brain interaction software, The Company is perfectly positioned in this sector to benefit from the increased attention on this new initiative....
National program creates opportunities to support the Max Planck Florida Institute's neural circuit research focused on Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Epilepsy and other brain disorders JUPITER, Fla., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Obama administration formally announced its plan to fund the development of a comprehensive map of the brain's activity with a project called Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN), starting with an initial investment...
Prominent Sleep Expert Partners with GOT MILK? to Educate Californians about Establishing a Nighttime Routine for Better Sleep SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Between obligations from family and work as well as distractions from TVs, computers and smartphones, sometimes the last thing on people's minds is sleep. According to the National Center on Sleep Disorder Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as much as 40 percent of the U.S. population...
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the Congressional champion for brain science research today joined President Obama at the White House when he revealed a new initiative to transform and improve our understanding of the human brain. Included in the President's 2014 budget is $100 million for the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative. According to the White House, the multi- million dollar...
- Alzheimer's Association Statement - WASHINGTON, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Harry Johns, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Association, participated in an event at the White House on the Obama Administration's BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative referenced during the State of the Union. A large-scale effort to map brain activity is important in advancing the understanding of complex diseases like Alzheimer's...
EEG could be more widely used to identify treatable causes of common disorders in hospital patients, say researchers in Mayo Clinic Proceedings A retrospective study of patients who had in-hospital electroencephalography (EEG) has established that EEG is a valuable tool that could be deployed more widely to identify treatable causes of impaired consciousness in the hospital setting. The study is published in the April issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Altered mental status (AMS) and...
Role of cells other than motor neurons much larger than anticipated Johns Hopkins scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal degenerative disease. The discovery holds promise, they say, for identifying new targets for interrupting the disease's progress. In a study described online in Nature Neuroscience, the...
The Neuropsychotherapist is a new platform designed to inform psychotherapists of exciting new ground being broken in neuroscience and related disciplines with the potential to greatly enhance their therapeutic interventions BRISBANE, Australia, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a significant shift in mental health toward a multidisciplinary understanding of the psyche, and a new website, magazine and journal are leading the way to inform therapists of these changes. The...
Blue Ocean Brain Builds Unique Training Exercises to Build Employee Critical Thinking Skills and Drive Engagement. Richmond, VA (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 BlueOceanBrain.com, a leading corporate brain-fitness solution, announced today the release of their new Blue Ocean Brain Trainer, a mobile web application that offers employers a unique brain training experience for their employees on-the-go. Employees can access the Blue Ocean Brain Trainer on any mobile device. The application...
Latest neuroscience Reference Libraries
Electrooculography, sometimes shortened to EOG, is the tracing of electricity used for operation of the retina in different phases, specifically the resting potential. The results are recorded on an electrooculogram. These are interpreted for opthalmological diagnosis and in recording eye movements. Eye movement measurements: Usually, pairs of electrodes are placed either above and below the eye or to the left and right of the eye. If the eye is moved from the center position towards one...
Genes, Brain and Behavior (G2B) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 2002. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society. It was published on a quarterly basis during its first year in publication. In 2003, the journal switched to bimonthly publications, and then in 2006 it switched to an 8-issue-per-year schedule. Content from G2B is available online from the Wiley Online Library or, from EBSCOhost after 12 months....
