Analysis of intracranial EEG from epilepsy patients suggests three neural patterns associated with spatial attention and consciousness, and implicate high-level visual areas and lateralized fronto-parietal networks in shaping human conscious experience.
Pigs are generally considered to have high intelligence, and new research shows that they may also be empathic to other members of their social groups, helping them during instances of need. But is this behavior truly unselfish, or is it driven by goal-specific motivations?
To investigate, researchers from the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Germany and Austria’s University of Veterinary Medicine Institute of Animal Welfare Science have studied helping behavior among social groups of domestic pigs. Their work, titled “Spontaneous helping in pigs is mediated by helper’s social attention and distress signals of individuals in need,” is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
In the wild, animals will often help members of their social groups in times of distress, defending them against predators or releasing them from traps, snares, or other types of confinement. There is no general consensus over whether such helping behavior is truly empathic, or whether it might be driven by a more selfish motivation.
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A first-in-human trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for post-stroke rehabilitation patients by Cleveland Clinic researchers has shown that using DBS to target the dentate nucleus – which regulates fine-control of voluntary movements, cognition, language, and sensory functions in the brain – is safe and feasible.
New work led by researchers at the University of Exeter, King’s College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool has found that women who had at least one contact with mental health services in the seven years prior to their pregnancy were at increased risk of preterm birth.
The study, “Obstetric and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with and without a history of specialist mental health care: a national population-based cohort study using linked routinely collected data in England,” published in Lancet Psychiatry, analyzed data from more than two million pregnant women, and found that one in 10 women who had used mental health services before their pregnancy had a preterm birth, compared to one in 15 in those who had not.
Researchers also found that women who had used mental health services faced a higher risk of giving birth to a baby that was small for its gestational age, increasing from 65 per 1,000 births in women who had not used mental health services to 75 per 1,000 births in women who had.
A team of mechanical engineers from Chung-Ang University, Massachusetts General Hospital, LS Materials and Yonsei University has found that a hand-held cylinder containing crumpled aluminum foil balls is capable of producing enough electricity when shaken to light a small LED grid. In their paper published in the journal Advanced Science, the group describes other materials used in the cylinder and possible uses for such a device.
Prior research has shown that a wide variety of materials can be used to generate static electricity, and that some constructions can capture that electricity. Researchers have suggested such devices could be useful as the power needs of personal electronics decrease. In this new effort, the researchers have looked to aluminum foil as a material for generating static electricity and capturing it to power an external device.
Now that’s something. Funny this came up on my feed as I’m jamming to music on my phone to destress.
Breakthrough raises hopes that musicality of natural speech can be restored in patients with disabling neurological conditions.
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Dr. Howard Tucker has been practicing medicine and neurology for over 75 years. The 101-year-old doctor shares his No. 1 secret for keeping your brain sharp.
Blood vessels form the transportation network within our bodies. They are streets where red and white blood cells drive. They are the delivery system to oxygenate our brain and other vital organs and muscles. There are other highways in our bodies such as our nervous and lymphatic systems, but blood vessels are the ones that are central to healthy heart function and keeping our brain supplied with oxygen. When blood vessels are compromised we can suffer a stroke, heart attack, aneurysm or die.
When usual causes of heart attacks are blocked coronary arteries. The coronary arteries supply blood and oxygen to the heart. When partially blocked people experience symptoms like angina. When blocked they can suffer a myocardial infarction, the fancy name for a heart attack.
Today, harvested blood vessel grafts from human donors or the patient are used for bypassing coronary blood vessel blockages. But researchers at the University of Melbourne believe that fabricated blood vessel tissue that can be shaped to any need would be an effective substitute for existing grafts. The team in its search for a graft alternative has combined a variety of materials and living tissue with a fabrication technique to create complex blood vessels that can serve multiple purposes.
Scientist, longevity expert and biotechnology patent holder Raj Agni (aka Steven Schorr) beams in to discuss age deceleration, telomere extension and revolutionary plant-based anti-aging supplements on episode 114 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.
Raj Agni, also known as Steven M. Schorr, is a metaphysician, author, inventor, healer, alchemist, artist, musician, entrepreneur, and creator of Extended Longevity products designed to rebuild your telomeres. His clinics have operated for 14 years on Maui, Hawaii and he has treated over twenty thousand people.
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