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Wearable MEG scanner used with children for the first time – Physics World

A 'bike helmet' style magnetoencephalography system measures brain activity in young children performing everyday activities

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Advances in medical technology mean that a new type of brain scanner does not require the patient to stay still. This is ideal when the patient is a child or has a condition such as Parkinson’s disease.

And it looks fantastic!

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Do men know what they want?

As men we think we know what we want, but, can we really trust ourselves? Neuromarketing proves us wrong. Trendhim, a Danish men accessories company, curious to discover whether or not men are reliable people, carried out a neuromarketing challenge where they had men from different countries, temporarily dedicate their brains to science, by letting them put a brain scanner on their heads. The…

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New tiny brain scanner: Small enough for use on infants

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Researchers in France has developed a new type of brain scanner that is small enough for use on infants. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes the new device, how it was tested and its effectiveness in preliminary trials.

When studying brain disorders that cause seizures, such as epilepsy, researchers have typically used EEG and fMRI to study the electrical signals that are generated by the brain and the regions of the brain that are impacted. But to learn more, researchers would like to be able to trace the progression of such disorders from an earlier age—ideally, they would like to be able to start right after a baby is born. But EEG requires gluing probes to the skull and fMRI machines are big, loud and scary, so infants have gone without such testing. But now, that appears likely to change, as the researchers with this new effort have built a machine that is small enough to carry (it weighs just 40 grams), is quiet, and can be used even on sleeping infants.

The new machine, called fUSI (functional ultrasound imaging) is small enough to place in a crib—it connects to a cap that looks much like the knitted caps often used in hospitals to keep infants warm. The machine combines video-electroencephalography and ultrasound to map out blood flow related to changes in electrical signals in the brain and actually offers higher resolution than conventional machines.

Source: Medical Xpress

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Haiku, Collies And Retrievers

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/08/31/heres-how-scientists-got-dogs-to-lie-still-in-a-brain-scanner-for-eight-minutes/

“Researchers got dogs – to lie still for eight minutes – in a brain scanner”

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Scanners is a short film that is directly affected by the viewers brain waves. A wireless brain scanner is attached to the viewer and reads brainwaves and muscular data, changing the scenes on the silver screen, according to their emotions. Richard Ramchurn, the creator of the cerebral cinema experience hopes that this can be a stepping stone towards newer forms of film.

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PET Brain Scanner, now made portable!

PET Brain Scanner, now made portable!

Brain scanners are no more big and bulky with the latest portable PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanner. It is not only portable its much advanced than the traditional scanner and helps in understanding the brain better.

The portable helmet-like scanner can be worn by a person while talking, singing, walking or playing a guitar. Social experiments can go beyond the artificially…

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