Improving neural implants

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IMAGE: Xinyan Tracy Cui, professor of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh view more PITTSBURGH (October 8, 2019) … A microelectrode array (MEA) is an implantable device through which neural signals can be obtained or delivered. It is an invaluable tool in neuroscience research and is critical to advancements […]

The Brainstorms Scientific set to host Europe’s first transdisciplinary neuroscience festival

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The Brainstorms Scientific are launching the Brainstorms Festival, a two-day business and human-orientated technology event set to take place in Vienna, Austria, on 27–28 September. The festival features several keynote talks and panel discussions addressing how understanding the human brain and behaviour can help us do better business, how […]

Malmö-based Flow Neuroscience unveils chatbot therapist and plans partnership with NHS

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Malmö-based Flow Neuroscience , a medical device company that has created a neurostimulation headset to combat depression, has released a new chatbot therapist to aid in the treatment of depression. In June, Flow Neuroscience launched its brain stimulation headset treatment for depression in the UK – the first and […]

Translational Neuroscience’s Lana Ruvolo Grasser wins F31 grant with top 5% score

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The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Wayne State University School of Medicine Translational Neuroscience graduate student Lana Ruvolo Grasser the F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows to study biomarkers of risk and resilience to trauma in Syrian refugee children 10 to […]

New Researchers Bolster BBS’ Strength in Neuroscience, Psychology

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faculty The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at The University of Texas of Dallas has added four tenure-track faculty since January, including new dean Dr. Steven Small who arrived in April. The school also hired neurobiology professor Dr. Ana Solodkin and two assistant professors — Dr. Kendra […]

Opinion | Neuroscience will reshape the human experience

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The next big technological advance could be in the field of neuroscience. The advent of personal computers and the internet has been the biggest technological advance humanity has experienced in recent history. The effects of the internet can be felt throughout society, increasing the technological power wielded by humans […]

Building a Pathway from Tribal College to Neuroscience Laboratories

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University of Arizona Health Sciences and Diné College researchers will receive $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to train Navajo students in neuroscience programs. Roberta Diaz Brinton Kathleen Rodgers Native Americans are among the most underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences, accounting for just 0.5% of the […]

Particle physicists lend a hand to advance neuroscience

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After meeting at a party, a Stanford psychologist and SLAC particle physicists have collaborated on a new kind of EEG device that can stimulate the brain and read out the effects. Psychologist Anthony Norcia had a problem. In his research untangling vision processing in the brain, he wanted to […]

Closing the knowing/doing gap: how to use neuroscience to apply learning on the job

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Last year we were asked to design and deliver a leadership programme for a large global organisation. The programme had been running for a number of years with a different partner and the client told us that participants gave really good feedback on the event, but no actual change […]

Current Limitations in Neuroscience

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Simon D. Murray, MD: Albert Einstein’s genius might be explained by his extraordinary brain, but it might also be influenced by the fact that maybe there’s more to the brain than just the flesh-and-blood part? Maybe there’s a soul. And we would call that dualism, right? Frederick E. Lepore, […]