Carnegie Mellon University computer program reads human mind

RSS

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 10, 2008

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are training a computer to decode the human mind. Their computer program can read a person's brain scan and figure out what noun he or she is thinking. The goal is to perfect the program so that it can help autistic, schizophrenic or paralyzed people. The work expands on a separate study the same scientists published showing that people's brains activate similarly when they think about the same word.

Full Story

Radiation should follow a mastectomy for advanced cancer, but often doesn't

Radiation after a mastectomy for advanced breast cancer is part of the standard treatment guidelines. But more than a decade after the lifesaving value of radiation was confirmed, about half of all women who...

Researchers to examine video games and health

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced it will give a dozen research teams up to $200,000 each for projects that will measure the effects of playing video games on the young and old. For example...

Saliva tests used to detect cancers of the head and neck

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore are developing a saliva test that could spot diseases such as mouth and throat cancer in heavy smokers, heavy drinkers and others at high risk...

Book: Nursing Research Program Builder: Strategies to Translate Findings into Practice

Whether you have already implemented EBP and are ready to take the next step, or you are working toward ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® designation, Nursing Research Program Builder...

go to complete list