Category Archives: Neuroscience

Being Deaf Can Enhance Sight

From Wired Science Some deaf people have extraordinarily keen vision, and a new study of cats may explain why. The results, published online Oct. 12 in Nature Neuroscience, show how parts of the brain normally dedicated to a sense that … Continue reading

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Pulses of light spark muscle movement

Pulses of light might one day restore normal muscle activity in people with cerebral palsy or paralysed limbs. That’s the hope of researchers now using the technique to control the leg muscles of mice. The work is part of a … Continue reading

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Scientists find link in humans between nerve cell production & memory

Production of new nerve cells in the human brain is linked to learning and memory, according to a new study from the University of Florida. The research is the first to show such a link in humans. The findings, published … Continue reading

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Making music with Brainwaves via FMRI

“Inside each of us there’s a symphony going at all times,” Dan Lloyd, Ph.D., a philosopher at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., said. “We’re never quiet inside.” Now Dr. Lloyd is using medical imaging to “tune in” to the inner … Continue reading

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Know that noise? Scientists probe formation of auditory memories

Auditory perception requires the listener to learn recurring properties of complex sounds and associate them with plausible physical sources. “Most of our knowledge about auditory memory is based on simple sounds,” says lead study author Dr. Trevor Agus from the … Continue reading

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Seeing the Brain Hear Reveals Surprises About How Sound Is Processed

New research shows our brains are a lot more chaotic than previously thought, and that this might be a good thing. Neurobiologists at the University of Maryland have discovered information about how the brain processes sound that challenges previous understandings … Continue reading

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A Brain Implant that Uses Light

Researchers at Medtronic are developing a prototype neural implant that uses light to alter the behavior of neurons in the brain. The device is based on the emerging science of optogenetic neuromodulation, in which specific brain cells are genetically engineered … Continue reading

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Is synaesthesia a high-level brain power?

The word “synaesthesia” derives from the phrase “joining of the senses”, but the phenomenon might not be the uncontrollable perceptual mishmash that this implies. Instead, the condition may be the result of a special ability in the “higher” brain areas … Continue reading

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Effects of 6-10 Hz ELF on Brain Waves

An article by David S. Walonick published in a 1999 issue of the Borderlands Research Journal details an experiment examining the effects of ELF using 1980’s era EEG/EMG sensors and ELF field generators. “Each ELF exposure consisted of a ten … Continue reading

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Khonnor’s Brainwaves.

EEG to MIDI translation of Khonnor’s brainwaves via IBVA.

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