Neuroimaging study finds extensive brain rewiring–in just six months–among illiterate adults learning to read and write

By SharpBrains | June 8, 2017

— Learn­ing to read and write rewires adult brain in six months (New Sci­en­tist): “Learn­ing to read can have pro­found effects on the wiring of the adult brain – even in regions that aren’t usu­al­ly asso­ci­at­ed with read­ing and writ­ing. That’s what Michael Skei­de of the Max Planck Insti­tute for Human Cog­ni­tive and Brain Sciences…

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Next: Will brain sensors be able to infer the mental state of a person–and, for example, identify sarcasm in a message?

By SharpBrains | April 18, 2017

Today we high­light a thought-pro­­vok­ing patent by Intel­lec­tu­al Ven­tures. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents–from old­er to new­er by issue date–to gain a glimpse into future appli­ca­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215: Acqui­si­tion and par­tic­u­lar asso­ci­a­tion of infer­ence data indica­tive of inferred men­tal states of author­ing users Assignee(s): The Inven­tion Sci­ence Fund I, LLC (Intel­lec­tu­al Ventures)…

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Next: Increasing neuroplasticity via neuroimaging-enhanced brain stimulation

By SharpBrains | March 31, 2017
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Today we high­light a very thought-pro­­vok­ing (pun intend­ed) patent by Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,756,584: Meth­ods and appa­ra­tus for effec­tu­at­ing a last­ing change in a neur­al-func­­tion of a patient Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): W. Dou­glas Sheffield, Andrew…

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Study: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), not medication, drives long-term rewiring of the brain to help reduce psychosis symptoms

By SharpBrains | January 27, 2017

Talk­ing ther­a­py changes the brain’s wiring, study reveals for first time (Sci­enceDai­ly): “A new study from King’s Col­lege Lon­don and South Lon­don and Maud­s­ley NHS Foun­da­tion Trust has shown for the first time that cog­ni­tive behav­iour ther­a­py (CBT) strength­ens spe­cif­ic con­nec­tions in the brains of peo­ple with psy­chosis, and that these stronger con­nec­tions are associated…

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Study: Brain scans mapping language and memory areas can help guide epilepsy-related surgeries

By SharpBrains | January 13, 2017

Can brain scans help doc­tors nav­i­gate epilep­sy surgery? (UPI) “…When med­ica­tion does­n’t effec­tive­ly con­trol epilep­sy, surgery may be rec­om­mend­ed. Doc­tors can remove the part of the brain that trig­gers seizures or use cer­tain pro­ce­dures to con­trol seizure activ­i­ty. Before surgery, how­ev­er, the brain must be “mapped” to ensure the regions respon­si­ble for lan­guage and memory…

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