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Scientists Propose New Way To Treat Depression With Brain Implants

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2 years ago

Scientists Propose New Way To Treat Depression With Brain Implants

Ed Cara

A Lightning Strike Shut Off A Woman’s Brain Implant, And It Could Have Been Even Worse

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3 years ago

A Lightning Strike Shut Off A Woman’s Brain Implant, And It Could Have Been Even Worse

Ed Cara

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3 years ago

That Viral Story Of An ‘Awakened’ Vegetative Patient Serves As A Cautionary Tale

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Medicine is perfect for heartwarming stories. Some close relative is facing the most hopeless prognosis, such as being in a vegetative state. Someone tries a wild treatment, and boom, people are crying, the relative is awake, and the headlines go viral. But science doesn’t really work this way.

DARPA Is Funding Brain-Computer Interfaces To Treat Blindness, Paralysis And Speech Disorders

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4 years ago

DARPA Is Funding Brain-Computer Interfaces To Treat Blindness, Paralysis And Speech Disorders

Kristen V. Brown

Why People With Brain Implants Are Afraid To Go Through Automatic Doors

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4 years ago

Why People With Brain Implants Are Afraid To Go Through Automatic Doors

Kristen V. Brown

In 2009, Gary Olhoeft walked into a Best Buy to buy some DVDs. He walked out with his whole body twitching and convulsing. Olhoeft has a brain implant, tiny bits of microelectronic circuitry that deliver electrical impulses to his motor cortex in order to control the debilitating tremors he suffers…

Is It Possible To Stimulate Deep Inside Our Brains Without Implanting Hardware?

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4 years ago

Is It Possible To Stimulate Deep Inside Our Brains Without Implanting Hardware?

Kristen V. Brown

Proposed Human Rights Would Protect Your Mind From The Likes Of Facebook

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4 years ago

Proposed Human Rights Would Protect Your Mind From The Likes Of Facebook

Rhett Jones

deep brain stimulation

Scientists Propose New Way To Treat Depression With Brain Implants

A Lightning Strike Shut Off A Woman’s Brain Implant, And It Could Have Been Even Worse

That Viral Story Of An ‘Awakened’ Vegetative Patient Serves As A Cautionary Tale

DARPA Is Funding Brain-Computer Interfaces To Treat Blindness, Paralysis And Speech Disorders

Why People With Brain Implants Are Afraid To Go Through Automatic Doors

Is It Possible To Stimulate Deep Inside Our Brains Without Implanting Hardware?

Proposed Human Rights Would Protect Your Mind From The Likes Of Facebook

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