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Virtual Reality and Robotics in Neurosurgery: Promise and Challenges
December 20, 2012 — Robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, technically demanding operations, together with virtual reality environments to help them navigate through the brain, ... > full story -
New Method to Understand Superconductors
December 12, 2012 — Researchers have devised a new method to understand the processes that happen when atoms cool which could lead to new materials for superconducting power grids and widespread use of magnetic ... > full story -
Saliva Analysis Can Reveal Decision-Making Skills
December 10, 2012 — Scientists have demonstrated that cortisol levels in saliva are associated with a person's ability to make good decisions in stressful ... > full story -
Creativity and Linguistic Skills Important for Immersion in World of Warcraft
December 5, 2012 — The sense of immersion in role-play and computer games is sometimes viewed as dangerous, as players’ strong perceptions of fictional worlds are assumed to make them lose contact with reality. ... > full story -
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Mu-Rhythm in the Brain: The Neural Mechanism of Speech as an Audio-Vocal Perception-Action System
December 5, 2012 — The cortical mechanisms governing speech are not well understood because it is extremely challenging to measure the activity of the brain in action, that is, during speech production. Researchers in ... > full story -
Brain Stimulation May Buffer Feelings of Social Pain
December 4, 2012 — Accumulating evidence suggests that certain brain areas involved in processing physical pain may also underlie feelings of social pain. But can altering brain activity in these areas actually change ... > full story -
From Rats to People: Gaming Platform Used to Compare Memory Impairments of Rodents and Humans With Epilepsy
December 3, 2012 — A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated using software developed to create custom video game environments. By ... > full story -
Young Surgeons Face Special Concerns With Operating Room Distractions
November 29, 2012 — A study has found that young, less-experienced surgeons made major surgical mistakes almost half the time during a “simulated” gall bladder removal when they were distracted by noises, ... > full story -
Thought-Controlled Prosthesis Changing Lives of Amputees
November 28, 2012 — The world’s first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed. The first operations on patients will take place this ... > full story -
Burning More Calories Is Easier When Working out With Someone You Perceive as Better
November 26, 2012 — Research finds burning more calories is easier when working out with someone you perceive as ... > full story
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