mind

Brain-controlled drone shown off in Lisbon

Posted in Hardware on 26th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Technology that allows a drone to be piloted from the ground using only a person's brainwaves has been demonstrated in Portugal.

Brain implants: Restoring memory with a microchip

Posted in Science on 15th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

The story 'Johnny Mnemonic' foresaw information being carried by brain microchips by 2021. A team of neuroscientists could be making this fantasy world a reality.

Meditation associated with slower loss of gray matter in the brain

Posted in Medicine on 8th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Results of a study suggest that meditation may help preserve the brains gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons.

New study finds that closing your eyes boosts memory recall

Posted in Science on 18th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Further evidence to suggest that eyewitnesses to crimes remember more accurate details when they close their eyes.

Bilingual people do neural exercise that may protect the aging brain

Posted in Medicine on 14th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A radical shift from decades ago when psychologists warned against raising children to speak two languages, lest they become confused and suffer delays in learning.