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POPSTetris improves brain function? The study was funded by Blue Planet Software Inc., the sole agent for the Tetris Co. Dr. Richard Haier, the study’s lead author, is a consultant to Blue Planet. (see also: http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/08/31/daily22.html)
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POPSObsessive compulsive disorder - Caused by bugs? Injecting mice with the germs behind "strep throat" led to them developing repetitive actions similar to sufferers of OCD, the journal Molecular Psychiatry reports. The study was carried out by scientists from Columbia University in New York.
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POPSThe Life of the Mind As scientists break open the black box of the mind, and begin to unravel the neural processes that define our behavior, it’s becoming clear that who we are—and what we decide to do—is ultimately shaped by the quirks and constraints of these three pounds of flesh inside the head.
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POPSRobot Therapy To 'Recharge' Stroke Victims' Arms
The other half are assigned to the robot group. This is less exciting than it sounds. The robot looks more like a garden-variety brace or splint that is strapped to the wrist, elbow or shoulder, depending on which joint is being used. A flat-screen computer monitor displays colorful dancing dots a la 1980s video games. Using a joystick, the patient is challenged to hit moving targets on the screen, using the stroke-weakened arm. If the patient cannot move the arm, the machine helps. If the machine senses any movement by the patient, it backs off, letting the injured arm do more of the work. Even if the patient at first cannot accomplish the task, the very act of thinking that the arm should move, then having it touch the correct target propelled by the robot, starts to restore or rebuild circuits in the brain, said Hermano Igo Krebs, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained mechanical engineer who developed the device known as MIT-Manus.
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POPSMy stroke of Insight "How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I've gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career." Jill Bolte Taylor (TED talk video at source)
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POPSBlood-brain Barrier: A Misunderstood Key The crash of that communication system can impact diseases including Alzheimer's disease, stroke and multiple sclerosis. In the Lancet Neurology article, Banks and his colleagues called for more research to better understand how the blood-brain barrier relates to immune cells.
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