Focused ultrasound as emerging method of non-invasive neurotechnology

By SharpBrains | October 17, 2014

Sound Waves Can Heal Brain Dis­or­ders (Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can): “…Physi­cians are also con­sid­er­ing high-inten­si­­ty focused ultra­sound as an alter­na­tive to brain surgery. Patients with move­ment dis­or­ders such as Parkin­son’s dis­ease and dys­to­nia are increas­ing­ly being treat­ed with 

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Mothers and Strangers Voices: Impact on Newborns’ Brains

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | March 21, 2011

Fetus­es and new­borns react pref­er­en­tial­ly to their moth­er’s voice. A recent study looked for the first time at what is going on in a new­born brain when hear­ing his mother’s voice and a stranger’s voice. Results showed that not only new­borns process their moth­er’s voice more active­ly than that of a stranger but they also…

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The value of neuroimaging techniques (and what those squiggly lines mean)

By Joaquin Anguera @ UCSF | January 18, 2011

The media reg­u­lar­ly reports on find­ings based on neu­roimag­ing stud­ies, but rarely do they explain exact­ly what these tech­niques are, their ben­e­fits or what it’s like to actu­al­ly par­tic­i­pate in these types of stud­ies. Today I’ll describe what a par­tic­i­pant goes through when they vol­un­teer for a cog­ni­tive neu­ro­science exper­i­ment using a neu­roimag­ing tech­nique called…

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Neurofeedback’s Re-birth?

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 5, 2010

Neu­ro­feed­back Gains Pop­u­lar­i­ty and Lab Atten­tion (New York Times) The treat­ment is also gain­ing atten­tion from main­stream researchers, includ­ing some for­mer skep­tics. The Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health recent­ly spon­sored its first study of neu­ro­feed­back for A.D.H.D.: a ran­dom­ized, con­trolled tri­al of 36 sub­jects. The results are to be announced Oct. 26 at the annu­al meeting…

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