Tag: #Neurology
Best of 2017 // #79: Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Deep brain stimulation is a powerful therapeutic tool. It lets doctors and researchers target specific brain cells, letting them treat disorders such as Parkinson's...
Best of 2017 // #82: Does Sleep Need a Brain to...
Is falling asleep easy? Jellyfish, for example, are just bunches of neurons without a brain, yet they display similar sleep behaviours that people do.
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BEST OF 2014 // #86: Sleep on it
Neuroscientists know that sleep helps memory, but how and why has long been a serious question. New evidence suggests brain cells form new neural...
Best of 2016 // #84: Bypassing Paralysis
When he was 19 years old, Ian Burkhart broke his neck. He was left quadriplegic; unable to move his upper body from the elbows...
Best of 2014 // #92: The Dull Brain?
Human beings are pretty unique in their ability to mentally detach ourselves from our surroundings and look inwards. However, according to a Paper published...
Best of 2011 // 98: Brain Awareness in Patients
Main brain-damaged patients that are being written off as in a vegetative state are actually alert, despite being immobilized. Recently, Doctors have started being...
Best of 2017 // #91: Music to my Mind
Thomas Deuel has experience dealing with the brain, being both a Jazz musician and a Neurologist a the Swedish Medial Centre in Seattle. He...
Best of 2015 // #93: Do You See What I...
Scientists all have their go-tos: Biologists have their lab rats, Astronomers have telescopes. For color researchers, they now have #TheDress.
READ MORE // Optical Illusions: Make...
The Best of 2015 // #98: The Brain that Changes itself
The human brain is an amazing thing; it continually juggles the incoming data from new experiences and moments in each and every day with...
