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Matrix-style memory prosthesis set to supercharge the human brain
Posted in Science on 21st Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
A memory prosthesis being trialed next year could restore long-term recall and may eventually be used to upload new skills directly to the brain, just like in the film The Matrix.
Anxiety significantly raises risk for dementia
Posted in Medicine on 20th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
People who experienced high anxiety any time in their lives had a 48 percent higher risk of developing dementia compared to those who had not, according to a new study.
Compared with other primates, human sleep is short and deep
Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
This unusual sleep pattern may have helped give rise to our powerful minds.
Pulsed laser light turns whole-brain activity on and off
Posted in Science on 19th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
The study may guide deep brain stimulation therapies used for traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders.
Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism
Posted in Science on 18th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Neuroscientists link autism to reduced activity of key neurotransmitter in human brain.