New technology from researchers at Duke University might one day help people unable to talk due to neurological disorders regain the ability to communicate through a brain-computer interface.
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The Scion NeuroStim website lists 21 patents and states that other patents are pending in the U.S. and internationally. The company has raised $10 million for its research efforts.
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A feat of basic neuroscience co-led by UNC School of Medicine’s Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, PhD, and Randall Ung, PhD, the discovery of a set of arousal-related neurons could help scientists develop better treatments for anxiety disorders and other psychiatric illnesses.
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A new analysis of studies that claim free will is an illusion shows that many contained methodological inconsistencies and conflicting results.
Read MoreIf you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 12, then you couldn’t have missed the seemingly miraculous moment when a paraplegic wearing a robotic suit kicked the first soccer ball of one of the world’s most anticipated sporting events. It was the first time a paraplegic person has walked on his own using a device controlled entirely with his own brain, and in the days since, it’s given hope to the hundreds of thousands of people around the world confined to wheelchairs. The feat hits close to home for the Triangle. Much of...
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