Video game to treat children with ADHD
Researchers have developed advanced brain-computer interface technology that harnesses machine learning to personalise brain-training for children with ADHD.
mental health
Mental health game changer
Using a simple computer game and AI techniques, researchers were able to identify behavioural patterns in subjects with depression and bipolar disorder.
Virtual reality: Avatars against obesity
A collaborative project develops virtual reality methods to positively affect the body perception of obese patients.
AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes
Scientists used artificial intelligence to examine neural activity throughout the brain while study participants processed emotions.
Personalised VR could help improve mental health
New tool LifePathVR will enable new forms of self-reflection on our journey through life and contribute to our mental health and well-being.
VR helps seniors to re-engage with the world
Virtual reality platform brings new experiences and fond memories to aging adults in nursing homes.
Mentally ill avatars
To teach medical students, scientists have created avatars that feature typical symptoms of different mental disorders as well as psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment situations.
Digital phenotyping helps to treat mental illness
Research shows that digital phenotyping can provide valuable information to mental health professionals about mental illness symptom severity and relapse.
Autism: Wearable reads signs of oncoming aggression
Researchers have created a wearable wrist device for people with autism that monitors physiological indicators such as heart rate, skin surface temperature, and perspiration of stress.
A wearable device for brain monitoring
Researchers have created a wearable technology that monitors brain activity and sends back data without benching a player or asking a trucker to pull over.
Digital games may beat mindfulness apps at relieving stress
Digital games, typical of those on smartphones, may relieve stress more effectively than mindfulness apps, a new study shows.
Manipulating brain cells using the smartphone
A team of scientists have invented a device that can control neural circuits using a tiny brain implant controlled by a smartphone.
‘Prescribed’ app offers hope to young people who self-harm
New research suggests that the 'BlueIce' app developed at University of Bath could have a significant impact in reducing self-harm in young people.
AI may help spot autism early
A machine learning algorithm can spot abnormalities in pupil dilation that are predictive of autism spectrum disorder in mouse models.
Smart wristband provides insights into wearers’ emotions
Researchers have developed a smart material that can help those with affective disorders, such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder and depression, to monitor their emotions.
AI could change managing of Alzheimer’s disease
A study from Florida Atlantic University introduces machine learning as new potantial tactic in assessing cognitive brain health and patient care.
Machine learning finds ‘sound’ words predict psychosis
A machine learning method discovered a clue in people’s language predictive of the emergence of psychosis — the frequent use of words associated with sound.
AI detects a new class of mutations behind autism
Using artificial intelligence, researchers have decoded the functional impact of genome mutations in people with autism spectrum disorder.
VR spots navigation problems in Alzheimer’s disease
VR can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests currently in use, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
Autism: Google Glass helps kids improve socialization skills
Children with autism improved measurably on a test of socialization and learning when their therapy included an at-home intervention with Google Glass.
Robot therapists need rules
Numerous initiatives using robots for improving mental health already exist. However, the use of embodied AI in psychiatry poses ethical questions.
Dementia: VR can improve quality of life
New study, conducted with patients at a mental healthcare provider, showed significant improvements both during and after using VR.
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect hidden depression in young children, a condition that can lead to increased risk of substance abuse and suicide later in life if left untreated.
Sea Hero Quest can detect Alzheimer’s risk
Researchers studied gaming data from the mobile game and found out that it can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s.
VR therapy treats autism phobias
Immersive virtual reality has been shown to help children with autism with nearly 45% remaining free from their fears and phobias six months after treatment.
Fight recurring nightmares with VR
Researchers say virtual reality could have real long-term benefits for people, particularly children, gripped by scary dreams.
Brain training app decoder improves users’ concentration
A new 'brain training' game improves users' concentration. Scientists say this could provide a welcome antidote to the daily distractions that we face in a busy world.
Children with autism: Video game-based “digital medicine” could help
Researchers evaluated a digital medicine tool designed as an investigational treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and co-occurring ADHD.
Can video games improve the health of elderly with schizophrenia?
A scientist aims to lower the toll co-occurring disorders like heart disease or diabetes have on older people with schizophrenia and improve their functioning by getting them up and moving.