Study: EEG-augmented brain training shows promise as first-line treatment for ADHD

Nov­el Brain Train­ing Game May Reduce Kids’ ADHD Symp­toms (Med­space): “A nov­el cog­ni­tive train­ing com­put­er game that uses a child’s own brain waves to improve con­cen­tra­tion may reduce symp­toms of atten­­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­­tiv­i­­ty dis­or­der (ADHD), say US researchers. Inves­ti­ga­tors used a nov­el feed-for­ward mod­el­ing (FFM) sys­tem, which…is based on a com­put­er cog­ni­tive train­ing game in which attention…

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Next: Translating brain activity signals into driving and other computer-assisted interactions

. The car pow­ered by your MIND: BMW i3 nav­i­gates a track using noth­ing but its dri­ver’s brain waves (Dai­ly Mail): “Con­trol­ling cars with your mind may sound like some­thing from a sci­ence fic­tion film but this futur­is­tic idea has just become a real­i­ty. Experts have mod­i­fied a BMW i3 elec­tric car so it can be driven…

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Next: Mobile apps to assess brain waves and improve driving safety

. App With a Mind For Improv­ing Trans­porta­tion Safe­ty (The Wall Street Jour­nal): “A team of sci­en­tists from Indone­sia has come up with a nov­el way to improve trans­porta­tion safe­ty in their coun­try through a mobile app that scans trans­port oper­a­tors’ brain waves and com­bines it with data on weath­er, vehi­cle and 

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Study: Brain waves help predict stress-related sleep problems

. Brain waves pre­dict risk of insom­nia (UPI): “Dur­ing sleep, the brain pro­duces a series of elec­tro­mag­net­ic waves. The major­i­ty of these waves are gen­er­at­ed deep in the brain from por­tions called thal­a­mus and cor­tex. Research sug­gests the cen­tral pur­pose of these waves is to drown out poten­tial­ly disruptive 

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Philips and Accenture develop ALS care proof of concept on top of Emotiv brain wave headset

Philips, Accen­ture test brain-con­trolled sys­tem for ALS patients (Reuters): “The Nether­lands’ Roy­al Philips and IT con­sul­tan­cy Accen­ture are devel­op­ing soft­ware to help peo­ple with neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­eases like amy­otroph­ic lat­er­al scle­ro­sis, com­mon­ly known as Lou Gehrig’s dis­ease, live more independently.

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