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Setting the stage for a better understanding of complex brain disorders

We often compare the brain to a machine with wheels, cogs, and belts. In this analogy, when something breaks, the entire mechanism skips a beat or grinds to a halt. However, more often than not this isn’t what happens with our brains. Instead, they’re more like a theatre. Here, neurons…

The Conversation

NIMHANS to set up brain and mind museum to increase awareness of neuroscience in Bengaluru

The existing Heritage Museum and the proposed ‘Human Brain Museum’ will be integrated into a new facility in Bengaluru, making it the first, largest and most innovative ‘Museum of the Brain and Mind’ in the world.

The Hindu

UK facing ‘brain drain’ of cancer researchers after failure to join EU scheme

Delay joining the Horizon Europe programme making it more difficult to attract and retain the brightest scientists

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Brexit: UK facing science ‘brain drain’ while locked out of EU Horizon scheme

UK wanted to stay in scheme after Brexit but is arguing over terms of membership

The Independent UK

UK faces science ‘brain drain’ amid delays in joining EU research scheme

Experts have urged the Government to make the UK’s research landscape more attractive to global talent.

The Independent UK

'Cutting edge' analysis for Canberra brain cancer sufferers

The research will be crucial in determining new treatments.

The Canberra Times

Optical illusion: Can you count how many circles are in this picture?

You can enhance several brain functions within minutes through the use of optical illusions. How? Well, optical illusions operate based on the principle of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance arises when an individual holds two or more contradictory beliefs. This discomfort prompts people to seek ways to resolve the inconsistency and…

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United Airlines to pay $30m after quadriplegic man suffered brain damage in ‘violent’ removal from plane

Nathaniel ‘NJ’ Foster, who uses a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube, was removed from a flight while heading to a funeral with his family in 2019

The Independent UK

Helen Mirren says gardening is good for curbing an actor’s ‘ego’: ‘It kind of cleans your brain’

The star also revealed how she and her husband Taylor Hackford share gardening duties

The Independent UK

Wife of brain-damaged pastor loses life-support treatment fight

A judge has ruled that medics can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to the man after a trial in the Court of Protection.

The Independent UK

Love or hate TikTok's viral bottle-smashing trend? A neuroscientist explains what that says about your brain

Millions of TikTok users are watching videos of the viral bottle-smashing trend, in which bottles and jars filled with drinks or food are rolled down steps before smashing.

The Conversation

The real-life story of Instagram con artist Belle Gibson who inspired Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar

The wellness influencer who pretended to have terminal brain cancer is the subject of a major new Netflix drama. As authorities say they’re still pursuing the disgraced Instagram star, we outline the true story

Evening Standard

Nearly 20 years after a stroke, a paralyzed woman is able to speak again—simply by thinking—thanks to AI. Watch here

It marks the first time speech and facial expressions have been captured from brain signals and communicated by an avatar that speaks with the patient’s own voice, researchers say.

Fortune

Paralyzed Woman Speaks Again Thanks To Revolutionary New Technology

A computer read her brain signals and turned them into a talking avatar.

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Rare mosquito-borne disease that can infect the brain sickens 2, kills 1 in Alabama

Two cases of eastern equine encephalitis were reported in recent weeks in Alabama.

The Guardian - UK

Paralysed woman able to ‘speak’ through digital avatar in world first

Latest technology uses tiny electrodes on brain surface and is faster than synthesisers which rely on eye tracking

Inverse

New Brain-Computer Interfaces Helped Two Paralyzed Individuals Speak Almost Fluently Again

Two research teams independently created two brain-computer interfaces allowing two paralyzed individuals to communicate faster and with more accuracy.

The Hindu

In platinum jubilee year, NIMHANS proposes time capsule, brain museum and more

As part of its platinum jubilee milestone, NIMHANS has lined up a slew of programmes all through the year including the release of a logo, stamp and first day cover, special articles about the institute, time capsule, a brain and mind museum, and an alumni meet

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The Independent UK

Video game technology helps paralysed woman speak, researchers say

The development opens up a way to restore natural communication for those who cannot talk.

Evening Standard

What is the vagus nerve? Research shows stimulation could treat a range of conditions

Vagus comes from the Latin for ‘wandering’, reflecting its nearly 160,000 fibres that run through the body.

The Guardian - UK

The key to depression, obesity, alcoholism – and more? Why the vagus nerve is so exciting to scientists

Stimulating the vagus nerve is being hyped as the simplest way to reduce stress, dampen anxiety – and could even curb obesity. But what exactly is it? And how does tickling your ear help?

The Conversation

Keeping up with advanced MRI: Kim Kardashian promotes whole-body scans. Could they be worth the hype?

The worlds of pop culture and advanced imaging technology intersected recently when Kim Kardashian promoted a commercial whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service on social media as a tool to detect cancer and aneurysms.

Chicago Sun-Times

Heat got you down? High temps affect mood, work performance, studies show

Higher temps have been linked to lower motivation, higher suicide rates, higher ER visits for mental health reasons and poorer test scores for high schoolers.

The Conversation

Aging with a healthy brain: How lifestyle changes could help prevent up to 40% of dementia cases

A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.”

The Independent UK

Doctors can stop treating man who suffered brain damage in car crash – judge

Specialists, who said the man was in a ‘persistent vegetative state’ and would not recover, thought treatment should end – relatives disagreed.

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