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Techniques and devices to restore cognition. Behav Brain Res . 2008 Oct 10;192(2):149-65 Authors: Serruya MD, Kahana MJ Executive planning, the ability to direct and sustain attention, language and several types of memory may be compromised by conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, cancer, autism, cerebral palsy and Alzheimer's disease. No medical devices are currently available to help restore these cognitive functions. Recent findings about the neurophysiology of these conditions in humans coupled with progress in engineering devices to treat refractory neurological...

From New Scientist Partially blind people can now read using a machine that projects images directly onto their retinal cells. The Retinal Imaging Machine Vision System (RIMVS) can also be used to explore virtual buildings, allowing people to familiarise themselves with new places. The device, developed by Elizabeth Goldring , a poetry professor at the Massachusetts Institute of...

Re-blogged from Omnibrain   A joint venture of the Australian National University and the University of Sydney investigated whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, can...

From the news release The proper use of technology can improve the efficiency and quality of health care for our aging population, lower costs and perhaps improve senior citizens’ quality of...

Nurs Adm Q. 2005 Oct-Dec;29(4):329-38. Cheek P, Nikpour L, Nowlin HD As baby-boomers age, the need for long-term nursing care services increases. In the future, there will simply not...