Children benefit from learning with social robots
Research has shown that explaining aloud what you are learning, whether to yourself or to someone else, leads to a better understanding of the subject.
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Is virtual reality not suited to visual memory?
Researchers have found that virtual reality may interfere with visual memory.
Using tumor-on-a-chip to find cancer drugs
Researchers have developed a 'tumor-on-a-chip' that can better mimic the environment inside the body, paving the way for improved screening of potential cancer fighting drugs.
Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain
Researchers designed a video game to improve mindfulness in middle schoolers and found that when young people played the game, they showed changes in areas of their brains that underlie attention.
Barking up the wrong tree with virtual reality
Researcher used virtual reality to trick 20 patients with with intermittent arterial claudication, and discovered that they could suddenly walk much further.
Virtual “moonwalk” for science
In order to orient ourselves in space, and to find our way around, we form mental maps of our surroundings. Scientists used VR to detect distortions in our spatial memory.
Virtual reality has potential for CPR training
Cardiologists performed a research project during a large music festival called Lowlands, in the Netherlands in August 2019.
Wearables link insufficient sleep to biological aging
Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.
Neurons that map memories identified using VR
Scientists correlate neuronal activity in the human entorhinal cortex with place-based memories; finding sheds new light on how the brain processes spatial memory.
Immersion in VR scenes of the Arctic helps to ease pain
Watching immersive 3D videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain.
Wearables predict frailty, disability and death
Researchers analyzed patterns of movement among elderly study participants and found that irregular, spontaneous fluctuations could predict a person's risk of frailty, disability and death years later.
Sensors help predict outbursts in autistic kids
Sweating for science: researcher uses sweat monitors to predict behavioral issues in adolescents severely affected with autism.
Smart speaker system uses white noise to monitor infants’ breathing
Researchers have developed a new smart speaker skill that lets a device use white noise to monitor sleeping babies breathing and movement.
Robot helps schoolkids break bad hygiene habits
A robot which encourages kids to wash their hands has helped pupils at a remote Indian primary school take a fresh approach to hygiene.
Step trackers accurately predicting patient health
Researchers found that steps measured through wearable tracker can be used to estimate exercise capacity and determine the health status of patients.
Brain may not need body movements to learn virtual spaces
A new study enhances our understanding of how the brain learns in virtual reality.
AI identified decision-relevant patterns in EEG of coma patients
A research team has succeeded in identifying specific patterns in Electro-Encephalogram (EEG) analyses that the deep learning network uses for making prognosis decisions.
Stroke patients relearn how to walk with therapeutic shoe
The iStride device is strapped over the shoe of the good leg and generates a backwards motion, exaggerating the existing step, making it harder to walk while wearing the shoe.
Childbirth: Visualizing the pain away with VR
Could VR unlock a new frontier of pain relief for drug-free birthing? A PHD student is researching the tech's potential for pain management, so far the results are good.
mhealth: health studies to benefit from Apple watch
During its latest keynote presentation, tech giant Apple announced cooperations for health studies. The latest model of their smartwatches are to be key in their execution.
Wearables, gamification improve exercise results
While using a wearable device alone may not always be enough to motivate more exercise, adding fun and competition can be the catalyst needed to drive real results.
Studying heart cells with nanovolcanoes
A new microelectrode that penetrates the cell membrane unassisted and, when placed in an array, allows scientists to follow electrical activity as it spreads through tissues.
Teaching an organ-on-a-chip to see
Organ-on-a-chip technology has the potential to revolutionize drug development. Researchers have succeeded in putting various types of tissue onto chips.
Virtual treasure hunt shows brain maps time sequence of memories
Combining learning in virtual reality and brain scans, researchers describes how a temporal map of memories is created in the entorhinal cortex.
Virtual reality to solve personal problems
Researchers have used immersive virtual reality to observe the effects of talking to themselves as if they were another person.
Turbo chip for drug development
Scientists develop process that facilitates and accelerates chemical synthesis and biological screening by combining all steps on a chip.
Using pancreas-on-a-chip for studying diabetes
Pancreas-on-a-chip allowes scientists to identify the possible cause of a frequent and deadly complication of cystic fibrosis called CF-Related Diabetes, or CFRD.
Brain-machine interfaces: shortened training time
New research has provided preliminary evidence that training time can be shortened & that user performance tends to improve within a relatively short period of time.
AR allows researchers to see patients’ real-time pain
Researchers have developed a technology to help clinicians "see" and map patient pain in real-time, through special augmented reality glasses.