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July 29, 2009
Rutgers Research Discovery Sets Direction For Decoding Large-Scale Structure Of Brain
It is widely known that the brain perceives information before it reaches a person's awareness. But until now, there was little way to determine what specific mental tasks were taking place prior to the point of conscious awareness.
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July 27, 2009
‘Brain-reading’ Methods Developed
It is widely known that the brain perceives information before it reaches a person's awareness. But until now, there was little way to determine what specific mental tasks were taking place prior to the point of conscious awareness. That has now changed.
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July 22, 2009
Psychologists Investigate Cognitive Failings Of Eating Disorder Sufferers
Sufferers of eating disorders have problems with certain mental tasks; this is the finding of a comprehensive overview of studies examining the link between cognitive deficits and eating disorders, published online in the Journal of Neuropsychology today, 22nd July 2009.
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June 13, 2009
‘Taking Up A Dialogue’ With The Brain: Letter Decoding From Single-trial Brain Signals
Brain-computer interfaces 'translate' what a person is thinking in words or actions. Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands performed functional MRI brain scans on healthy participants, instructing them to 'type' by performing mental tasks corresponding to different letters in the English alphabet.
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