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Brain Scan Mind Reading 70% Accurate
Via NeuroGuy Researchers are making progresses in predicting the intention of subjects with reasonable accuracy: Now researchers have been able to decode these secret intentions from patterns of their brain activity. They let subjects freely and covertly choose be... Read more ...
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The mystery of consciousness
Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at Harvard University, has an article in Time magazine about the current state of understanding of consciousness. From the article : So neuroscientists are well on the way to identifying the neural correlates of consciousness, a part of the Easy P... Read more ...
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Neglect and prism adaptation: a new therapeutic...
Neglect and prism adaptation: a new therapeutic tool for spatial cognition disorders. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2006;24(4-6):347-56 Authors: Rode G, Klos T, Courtois-Jacquin S, Rossetti Y, Pisella L PURPOSE: A large proportion of right-hemisphere stroke patients show unilateral neglect, a... Read more ...
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The euCognition network
thx to Giuseppe Riva The principal goal of the euCognition network is to leverage added-value from existing work through interaction and to use this to encourage further contributions from new participants. A key objective of the network is to foster interaction between all the ma... Read more ...
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Diigo
Via the Neuronerd Diigo is a social annotation service that turns the web writable allowing users to privately or publicly annotate any website they visit, thereby making a “participatory and interactive media” for its users. When you highlight a word on any page a dro... Read more ...
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The future of research journals and peer-review
Via Medgadget PLoS ONE - the newest journal of the Public Library of Science - is looking to completely shift the way peer-reviewed literature works: Scope: PLoS ONE features reports of primary research from all disciplines within science and medicine. By not excluding papers on the ... Read more ...
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The future of research journals and peer-review
via Langreiter a commentary at the Journal of Neuroscience speculates on the future of research journals and peer-review: Research studies appear on databases, not in journals First, I don't think that it makes any sense to continue with paper copies of research articles. Instead ... Read more ...
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3D - Computer Based Pain Visualisation Tool
Via Medgadget Researchers from Brunel University in the UK have developed a PDA-based pain recording and monitoring system: Brunel University today unveils the World's first computer based, three-dimensional (3D) solution for pain visualisation. The tool will help patients rec... Read more ...
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Test yourself for synaesthesia
Via Mind Hacks Synesthete.org is a website where you can test yourself for synaesthesia - the condition where senses are crossed so, for example, you might be able to taste shapes or see colours associated with specific numbers. The site is run by the Eagleman Lab at the Baylor Coll... Read more ...
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Artificial gut
Via Frontal Cortex The New York Times reports that British scientists have built an apparatus that simulates human digestion. From the article: Constructed from sophisticated plastics and metals able to withstand the corrosive acids and enzymes found in the hu... Read more ...