FDA Approves Human Brain Implant Devices. Most of us know of experiments involving monkies moving robotic arms via brain implants. However, the science has now been proved enough for the FDA to give their okay on it.Cyberkinetics Inc. got the approval to begin trials in which four-square-millimeter chips will be placed within paralyzed patients. To read more, click here.I did a little digging, and found that human brain implant trials may have been going on since 1996. Can anyone confirm/deny this? ... [CogNews]0000003:30:04 PMcomment []


Visual working memory found. The part of the brain responsible for visual working term memory has been found. Nature is reporting, http://www.nature.com/nsu/040412/040412-3.html,that two teams of researchers have located the area of the brain responsible for visual working memory. ... [CogNews]0000003:29:50 PMcomment []


Psychology of Groups. People do things differently as a group than as individuals. Organizational psychologists have been studying factors that influence group performance: group size, composition, social facilitation, and social loafing. Read more.... [About Psychology]0000003:26:08 PMcomment []


Facts about Eating Disorders. This article discusses the three main types of eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder--and reviews the treatment strategies most successful in restoring healthy weight and normalizing eating behavior. Read more.... [About Psychology]0000003:25:47 PMcomment []


Scientists ‘See’ Effects of Aging in Brain [Scientific American]0000003:24:27 PMcomment []


Imaging test may accurately diagnose schizophrenia. An abnormal pattern in an area of the brain that governs hearing may be an accurate method of diagnosing schizophrenia, according to a study by Yale researchers and collaborators. Researchers used an imaging test to identify schizophrenia patients with 97 percent accuracy. Currently, diagnosis is based soley on ... By inkblot (mailto:inkblots@hotmail.com). [World of Psychology]0000003:24:12 PMcomment []