Existing brain connections may influence the effectiveness of neurostimulation. Tailoring treatments to each individual brain could expand the number of conditions brain stimulation can treat.
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When designing neuroprosthetic devices for users to control with their thoughts, engineers must take into account the sensory information brains collect from the environment and how it gets processed.
Research shows that the type of task – and style of music – tend to determine whether listening will help or hinder your performance.
From dementia to depression to drug addiction, artificial brain stimulation has been hailed as a landmark medical technology for the future. But safeguards are needed if we want the benefits without the risks.
We know things like exercise can increase our brain function, but taking a pill would require less effort.
When Zahra Moussavi’s mother developed Alzheimer’s, the scientist pursued a technology that directly stimulates the brain with electromagnets to mitigate the effects of the disease. It worked.
Many writers say they have inspiration come to them from their characters or an inner voice. Science is seeking answers.
Tinkering with the brain’s electrical field shows tantalizing promise for boosting memory, but it doesn’t always work. A new study offers one reason why.
Electrical brain stimulation is used to treat a range of conditions, from depression to epilepsy. But how confident can we be that it works?
Can new ways of using electric currents to stimulate the brain help reduce symptoms of one of the most debilitating eating disorders?
People who electrically stimulate their brains at home need more information to do it safely… and neuroscience needs to find out more about how and why they do it.
Brain stimulating headsets are being enthusiastically taken up by gamers aiming to boost performance. But there are risks, particularly for children or those vulnerable to mental health problems.
Around 350 million people worldwide have depression. Antidepressant medications are often prescribed to treat the condition, alongside talking therapies and lifestyle changes such as regular exercise…
The practice of physically stimulating the brain in order to alleviate symptoms of illness and injury has been around since the early 20th century. For example, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still…
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, La Trobe University
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Director, The Brain Dialogue, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Monash University
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Deputy Director, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Pain, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Hwang Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
