neuroscience
Blood plasma from young donors improves functional ability for Alzheimers
Posted in Medicine on 6th Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
It was the group of participants, who had no idea if they were getting a placebo, who showed the most improvement in function.
Do We Need Brain Implants to Keep Up with Robots?
Posted in Science on 3rd Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
Neuroscientist Christof Koch calls for a crash program in brain technologies to make us smarter.
Using electrical signals to stimulate human brain and improve memory
Posted in Medicine on 29th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
People who received low-current electrical pulses showed a significant improvement in their ability to recognise specific faces and ignore similar ones.
Anti-obesity drug acts on brain's appetite control system
Posted in Medicine on 25th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity.
Brain Stimulation can accelerate learning by 40%, could be common by 2023
Posted in Hardware on 24th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) could increase performance of associative learning.