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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How to have a great day at work: Unlock the power of a midday nap

Rolling into this grey December feels like a fitting time to talk about the power of rest, naps specifically, and the great wellbeing benefits they can bring. Working with Team GB to figure out a plan for best sleep naps at the last Olympics, she explains the terminology is actually “micro boost”, meaning simply a micro sleep which has been …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Footwear designer Abdullah Ashhar embraces chaos in his workspace

Live Mint

Abdullah Ashhar didn’t start out as a footwear designer. Born in Ambur, a town in Tamil Nadu considered the leather city of south India, the 28-year-old initially studied business at Amity Business School, Chennai.But even then, he was fascinated with footwear – the art of designing it; the process of manufacturing it; the patina leather takes after being used for …

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1 year, 7 months ago

How the wrinkles of the brain impact its function: Study

Hindustan Times

The shape of the brain and its wrinkles that contribute to the walnut appearance of the brain impacts the way it works. In a study titled 'Geometric constraints on human brain function,’ the researchers compared the two main components of the brain's structure – the outer folds of the cerebral cortex and the web of nerves that connect the significant …

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2 years, 4 months ago

School shooter’s brain exams to be subject of court hearing

Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has “irrational thoughts” — the two were making small talk when Cruz began describing plans for an eventual life outside prison. Called a “quantitative electroencephalogram” or “qEEG,” its backers say it …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Scientists translated a bird's brainwaves into its song

Salon

Imagine being able to watch musical notes flying through the air as your favorite relaxing song plays gently through the breeze. "We are leveraging 40 years of research in birds to build a speech prosthesis for humans — a device that would not simply convert a person's brain signals into a rudimentary set of whole words but give them the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Cochlear Implant Can Now Directly Measure Brainwaves Providing Better, Easy Hearing Assistance

News 18

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in measuring brainwaves directly via a cochlear implant, which indicate in an objective way how good or bad a person’s hearing is. A cochlear implant enables people with severe hearing loss to hear again. An audiologist adjusts the device based on the user’s input, but this is not always easy, according to the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Monitoring brainwaves overnight could help predict dementia

Daily Mail

A non-invasive sleep test may be able to help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults, a new study suggests. Researchers used a model to assess the difference between a person's actual age and the biological age of their brain during sleep The brains of dementia patients were typically about 10 years older than their chronological age, and even up …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Measuring brainwaves during sleep can predict therapy outcome for depression patients: Study

Hindustan Times

Scientists have discovered that measuring brainwaves produced during REM sleep can predict whether or not a patient of depression will respond to treatment. Study links measuring brainwaves during sleep to depression therapy response As study leader, Dr Thorsten Mikoteit said, “In real terms, it means that patients, often in the depths of despair, might not need to wait weeks to …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Mind-reading machine helps man walk again 读脑机械装置让瘫痪者再次行走

China Daily

Mind-reading machine helps man walk again 读脑机械装置让瘫痪者再次行走本集内容 Mind-reading machine helps man walk again 读脑机械装置让瘫痪者再次行走学习要点有关 “technology（科技）” 的词汇边看边答 How did Thibault practise using the brain implants? 但当他穿上这套机器人服装时，便可通过思想来控制四肢再次移动。 He told me learning to walk came quite quickly, but using the exoskeleton to precisely bend and stretch his arms or rotate his wrists took much longer. From thought to movement, …

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