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Using online neurofeedback to modify individual's arousal state and improve performance

Our state of arousal--being fearful, agitated, or calm--can significantly affect our ability to make optimal decisions, judgments, and actions in real-world dynamic environments. Imagine, for instance, walking across a balance beam.

13 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and opening up a whole range of potential new applications, from non-contact measurements of the electrical activity in the human heart or brain to detecting ore deposits or archaeological remains deep underground.

12 Mar 2019

Non-invasive technique to accurately study activity in deepest part of the brain

The subcortical areas of the brain, situated in its deepest reaches, remain a mystery. Scientists are aware of the critical role they play in motor, emotional and associative activity but do not know precisely how they work.

27 Feb 2019

Brain synchronization depends on the language of communication

Experts from the Basque research center BCBL have shown for the first time that the way in which the activity of two brains is connected depends on whether the dialogue takes place in the native language or in a foreign language.

15 Feb 2019

Bioethicists call for oversight of poorly regulated, consumer-grade neurotechnology products

The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or "read" one's emotional state. However, many of these increasingly popular products aren't fully supported by science and have little to no regulatory oversight, which poses potential health risks to the public.

18 Jan 2019

Brain vital signs detect neurophysiological impairments in players with concussions

A team of Canadian and U.S. brain researchers have published results from a multi-year hockey concussion study, which tracked the brain function of young Junior A male ice hockey players using a new brainwave monitoring method called "brain vital signs."

18 Jan 2019

Study identifies possible new strategies to treat silent seizures in children

As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome start having convulsive seizures, during which their arms and legs jerk repeatedly. As they become toddlers, another type of seizure begins to appear.

2 Jan 2019

Gently stroking babies could provide effective pain relief before medical procedures

Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated with painful experiences. Their results, appearing December 17 in the journal Current Biology, suggest that lightly brushing an infant at a certain speed--of approximately 3 centimeters per second--could provide effective pain relief before clinically necessary medical procedures.

27 Dec 2018

Parents and infants show similar brain activity when they play together, study shows

When infants are playing with objects, their early attempts to pay attention to things are accompanied by bursts of high-frequency activity in their brain.

14 Dec 2018

New study reveals potential benefits of cEEG monitoring for infant ICU patients

A recent retrospective study evaluating continuous electroencephalography of children in intensive care units found a higher than anticipated number of seizures.

13 Dec 2018

Scientists investigate how a painful event is processed in the brain

Pain is a negative feeling that we want to get rid of as soon as possible. In order to protect our bodies, we react for example by withdrawing the hand. This action is usually understood as the consequence of the perception of pain.

13 Dec 2018

Brown researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant renewal to explore fundamentals of brain function

Brown University's Center for Central Nervous System Function, part of the Carney Institute for Brain Science, has been awarded a $12 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health's Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence program.

3 Dec 2018

Fetal kicks may allow the baby to 'map' their own body, suggests research

The kicks a mother feels from her unborn child may allow the baby to 'map' their own body and enable them to eventually explore their surroundings, suggests new research led by UCL in collaboration with UCLH.

30 Nov 2018

New method studies how newborn baby's brain responds to being touched on face

A newborn baby's brain responds to being touched on the face, according to new research co-led by UCL.

19 Nov 2018

Researchers develop electroencephalography-based test to objectively measure pain

If you've ever visited the emergency department with appendicitis, or you're one of the 100 million U.S. adults who suffer from chronic pain, you're familiar with a row of numbered faces, with expressions from smiling to grimacing, used to indicate pain levels.

6 Nov 2018

Study explores how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise

A new British Journal of Psychology study has looked at the details behind how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise.

12 Oct 2018

Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

It has long been known that so-called place cells in the human hippocampus are responsible for coding one's position in space.

12 Oct 2018

Study identifies brain cortex activity differences in children with arthrogryposis

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics and the Turner Scientific and Research Institute for Children's Orthopedics have discovered that in children with arthrogryposis, the power of electrical activity in the brain cortex decreases, while its dynamics remains the same as in healthy children.

12 Oct 2018

Impact of sleep on women’s cardiovascular health

Jason Carter, associate vice president for research development and professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology, is speaking at the 2018 National Institute of Health Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women in Bethesda, Maryland.

11 Oct 2018

Memory 'brainwaves' are identical in sleep and wakefulness

Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham has shown.

10 Oct 2018

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Using online neurofeedback to modify individual's arousal state and improve performance

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Non-invasive technique to accurately study activity in deepest part of the brain

Brain synchronization depends on the language of communication

Bioethicists call for oversight of poorly regulated, consumer-grade neurotechnology products

Brain vital signs detect neurophysiological impairments in players with concussions

Study identifies possible new strategies to treat silent seizures in children

Gently stroking babies could provide effective pain relief before medical procedures

Parents and infants show similar brain activity when they play together, study shows

New study reveals potential benefits of cEEG monitoring for infant ICU patients

Scientists investigate how a painful event is processed in the brain

Brown researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant renewal to explore fundamentals of brain function

Fetal kicks may allow the baby to 'map' their own body, suggests research

New method studies how newborn baby's brain responds to being touched on face

Researchers develop electroencephalography-based test to objectively measure pain

Study explores how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise

Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

Study identifies brain cortex activity differences in children with arthrogryposis

Impact of sleep on women’s cardiovascular health

Memory 'brainwaves' are identical in sleep and wakefulness

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