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Using a noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI), researchers have developed the first-ever successful mind-controlled robotic arm exhibiting the ability to continuously track and follow a computer cursor.
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A study of energy expenditure during some of the world’s longest, most grueling sporting events suggests that no matter what the activity, everyone hits the same metabolic limit, likely due to constraints on the digestive tract’s ability to break down food.
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The researchers found that these brain alterations were less intense in individuals who recently stopped using cannabis, which may suggest that the effects of cannabis are more robust in recent users.
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The aim was to investigate the relationship between antihypertensive drug use and dementia in elderly persons followed in general practices in Germany.
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What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche?
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Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that helps break complex decisions down into smaller pieces. The study sheds light on how the brain reasons about probable causes of failure after a hierarchy of decisions.
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Computer scientists have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do take a few quick glimpses around and infer its whole environment, a skill necessary for the development of effective search-and-rescue robots that one day can improve the effectiveness of dangerous missions.
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Memory photo concept (stock image). Credit: © Orawan / Fotolia Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than
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