The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our psychological limits. Some have been more affected than others by the stress of potential illness and the confusion of constantly changing health information and new restrictions. A new study finds the pandemic may have also impaired people鈥檚 cognitive abilities and altered risk perception, at a time when making the right health choices is critically important.
Professor Robert Zatorre has been recognized for his work by La Fondation Pour l鈥橝udition, a research institute and hearing advocacy organization based in Paris, France. He is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Grand Prix Scientifique, which recognizes leading research into the human auditory system.
The Neuro鈥檚 director, Dr. Guy Rouleau, has been elected first vice-president of the World Federation of Neurology. The first vice-president and other WFN officers are elected by delegates from its 122 neurological societies around the world.
The mission of the WFN is to foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide by promoting global neurological education and training with emphasis placed firmly on under-resourced parts of the world.
People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball, or try to run from an illusory assailant. Such actions are more than just a nuisance. People with the disorder have a 50 to 80 per cent chance of developing a serious neurodegenerative disease within a decade of diagnosis.
A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can perform cognitive tasks efficiently.
Maria Gobbo is the latest recipient of the ALS fellowship named in his honour
In 2010, former Montreal Alouette and 91丝瓜视频 physical education instructor Tony Proudfoot passed away from ALS. Ten years later, his legacy lives on in a fund that helps train and support the next generation of leaders fighting this disease.
Leading antibody reagent and knockout cell line manufacturers team up to address life science reproducibility crisis
YCharOS Inc., an open science company with the mission of characterizing commercially available antibody reagents for all human proteins, is pleased to announce the publication of its first characterization data and formation of its Industry Advisory Committee (IAC).
To make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds
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Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds. If the brain did not account for this difference, it would be much harder for us to tell where sounds came from, and how they are related to what we see.
The BIC is pleased to share this 听presentation from Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics Learning Laboratory,听supported by HBHL.
Study uses sugar to make and deliver pudding-like brain implants that reduce foreign body response
Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity or stimulate parts of the brain using electrical pulses. In epilepsy, for example, brain implants can determine where in the brain seizures are happening.
Brain Canada grant will aid research into neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders
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Electroencephalography (EEG) is an important tool in understanding the mechanism of brain disorders. Research in the field has gotten a major boost thanks to a $1.85M grant from Brain Canada to support EEGNet, an open repository for EEG data that helps scientists investigate neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders.
Comparing two neural maps reveals the roles of genes in cognition, perception and feeling
Many psychiatric disorders have genetic causes, but the exact mechanism of how genes influence higher brain function remains a mystery. A new study provides a map linking the genetic signature of functions across the human brain, a tool that may provide new targets for future treatments.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges
Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 Innovation Fund competition.
$4.67M from Brain Canada will help probe the brain鈥檚 mysteries and create international research links
Research at The Neuro鈥檚 McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) of 91丝瓜视频 will receive a major boost thanks to a $4.67M grant from Brain Canada鈥檚 Platform Support Grant (PSG) program.
