http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/news_single.html?id=8028 schrieb / wrote: Research: Brain blanket boosts mind control: Researchers at Albany Medical College, Washington University, the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin have developed a more effective brain-control interface device, using a sheet of closely spaced electrodes placed over the brain. In recent experiments, five patients learned to control a computer cursor in two dimensions on a computer screen using their brain signals in less than 30 minutes, a performance similar to those achieved using electrodes implanted directly into the brain. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13332-brain-blanket-boosts-mind-control.html

http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/news_single.html?id=7991 schrieb / wrote: More Brain Research Suggests "Use It Or Lose It": Queensland Brain Institute scientists have found another clue to why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative diseases, adding more weight to the "use it or lose it" model for brain function. A baby’s brain generates roughly double the number of nerve cells it needs to function. Cells that receive chemical and electrical stimuli survive, the remaining ones die. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207091859.htm

http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/news_single.html?id=7902 schrieb / wrote: Article: Newborn brain cells modulate learning and memory: Genetically engineered mice turned into "slow learners" by blocking adult neurogenesis had trouble navigating a water maze and remembering the location of a submerged platform, Salk researchers have found. In the future, the researchers may be able to stimulate neurogenesis with orally active drugs to influence memory function, they believe. http://www.physorg.com/news120926010.html

http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/news_single.html?id=7893 schrieb / wrote: Study: Tool Use Is Just a Trick of the Mind: A new study in monkeys by University of Parma scientists suggests that the brain’s trick in learning to use tools is to treat tools as just another body part. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/128/2

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