Thursday, March 1, 2007

VR Game Ties Depression To Brain Area. An anonymous reader writes "Science Daily is reporting that scientists are using a VR videogame that challenges spatial memory as a new tool to map out depression in the brain. 'Spatial memory' is how you orient yourself in space and remember how to get to places in the outside world. Researchers have found that depressed people performed poorly on the video game compared, suggesting that their hippocampi (where spatial memory is based) were not working properly."[Slashdot] 5:02:54 PM      Google It!.

Brain works more chaotically than previously thought. The brain appears to process information more chaotically than has long been assumed. This is demonstrated by a new study conducted by scientists at th... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:44:21 AM      Google It!.

First direct electric link between neurons and light-sensitive nanoparticle films created. The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved by researchers at the University of Tex... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:43:26 AM      Google It!.