Brain Activity

Stress can rob you of your decision making abilities and affect your capacity to formulate plans

To test the effects of stress, participants in the experiment were warned of electric shocks and this effects the way they reacted.

People recalled day-old memories better after tiny electrical pulses to the brain

There was a better recollection in the group that received electric stimulation that excited their neurons.

Synthetic speech: Virtual voicebox converts brain signals to speech using AI

Researchers had better luck with some sounds like sh's & less so with abrupt ones like b's & p's.

Cells restore life in a dead pig's brain using artificial blood in remarkable first

Scientists revived blood flow & cell function in brains of pigs hours after death using artificial blood.

Elderly care: Measuring brain activity may help predict risk of falls

Measuring the level of brain activity in healthy older adults while they are walking can predict their risk of falling, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin scientist

US scientist operates colleague's brain from across campus

Scientists said Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion...