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Why Zapping the Brain Helps Parkinsons Disease Patients

Posted in Hardware on 20th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Deep brain stimulation could lead to a more effective, self-tuning device for Parkinsons.

Colors help set bodys internal clock

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

'What this opens up is the possibility for enhancing existing ways of treating jet lag or things like seasonal depression disorder'

Alpha-rhythm brain stimulation shown to boost creativity

Posted in Medicine on 18th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

'Weve provided the first evidence that specifically enhancing alpha oscillations is a causal trigger of a specific and complex behavior, in this case, creativity.'

Gene study may explain why some remain quick thinkers

Posted in Science on 17th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Genetic differences could explain why some people are quicker thinkers in middle age and later life, a study of data from 30,000 people suggests.

IBM creates a research group to test Numenta, a brain-like AI software

Posted in Science on 16th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

'Our goal is not to be biologically inspired; I want to re-create exactly; this is how you would really build a machine intelligence.'