Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Light and Sound Induce Brainwaves to Clear Brains of Amyloid Plaques
Alzheimer's disease has no cure at this point. Only a few therapies that try to slow the progression are available, but there's a light, and some sound, at the end of the tunnel. Researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech have now shown they can reduce...
Psychiatry
Augmented Reality System Lets Severely Disabled Operate Own Robots
Robots that help severely disabled people are generally assumed to have to be super smart, capable of replacing human caretakers. Engineers at Georgia Tech decided to take a very different approach, instead empowering disabled people to control...
Psychiatry
Caregivers Want Robots to Take Care of Annoying Dementia Sufferers
People with dementia, as well as those that take care of them, can benefit from a bit of robotic assistance. There are a few robots on the market that are designed to help elderly people around the house, but not too much exists for those...
Psychiatry
Brain-Computer Interface with Neurofeedback Improves Human Performance
When performing challenging and dangerous tasks, our state of mind can have great effect on whether we succeed or fail. During emergencies some people panic while others remain calm. Some people get so influenced by emotion that an easy task,...
Psychiatry
Unyte’s iom2 Helps You Meditate With Ease: Medgadget Review
Let’s face it, today’s fast-paced and viciously competitive world has made stress inevitable. Our brains are constantly bombarded with tasks and distractions, leaving many of us worn out. Although it is known that meditation can help many of...
Psychiatry
Major Depression Treated with Transcranial Alternating Current Brain Stimulation
There are implantable devices out there that are very effective at treating depression in a lot of patients. These look like pacemakers and they have electrical leads stretching out, usually, to the vagus nerve, and there are transcranial direct...
Psychiatry
Cobot, a New Robot, Approved for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coil Positioning
Axium Robotics, a company based in Strasbourg, France, has received European and U.S. regulatory approvals for its TMS-Cobot TS MV, a robotic arm specifically developed to position the treatment coil of the MagVenture TMS...
Psychiatry
Virtual Reality Room Helps Kids With Phobias Overcome Fears
Autistic kids that suffer from phobias have a particularly hard time overcoming their fears. Traditional therapies don't work well, so researchers at Newcastle University in England have been testing an immersive virtual reality system that is...
Psychiatry
QTrobot Enhances Learning Opportunities For Children With Autism
QTrobot, pronounced “cutie robot,” was developed by the Luxembourgian company LuxAI and introduced to early adopters back in 2018. It is a expressive and engaging humanoid robot designed to assist in teaching autistic children essential...
Psychiatry
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