Virtual reality is already used in medicine to train surgeons, fight phobias, and even help with early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Drexel University have now taken the first steps to apply virtual reality in the field of...
While there are a number of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they can have some pretty serious side effects. Researchers in Singapore at the country's Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Duke-NUS (National...
Consumer-grade electroencephalography (EEG) devices are interesting novelties, but their capabilities tend to be very limited. What they're pretty good at, though, is evaluating whether a person is focused and paying attention to something....
We previously interviewed Humm, a San Francisco-based neuroscience company, when they had first released their Edge headset – an electrical stimulation device that helped users by boosting their working memory. Humm is focused on helping...
Kids with autism can become unruly and aggressive, often without any warnings for those around them. Such outbursts can also be emotionally difficult for family and caretakers, not just the kids, and planning events and going into public places...
Last week, Meru Health, a digital mental health clinic, announced the launch of a wearable to capture biofeedback, including heart rate variability (HRV), during mental health exercises. The clip-on wearable is affixed to an individual’s ear...
Many people who suffer from autism experience periods when they become aggressive, something that tends to come out of the blue. Those taking care of such folks have a hard time managing such episodes, particularly because there's no warning...
Researchers at Yale University have for the first time showed that it is possible to control the symptoms of Tourette Syndrome using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The researchers recruited twenty one 11 to 19 year-olds and...
Researchers at the University of Lancaster have developed a smart material that can help those with affective disorders, such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder and depression, to monitor their emotions. The smart material, worn as a wrist band, can...
How we view our bodies is often influenced by popular culture and each one of our's social environment. Young women, in particular, tend to suffer from poor "body image," which can result in depression, eating disorders, and all kinds of other...
Researchers from Emory University and Harvard University have developed a machine learning algorithm that can predict an individual’s likelihood for developing psychosis based on their speech patterns. Psychosis may be described as a “break with...