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Chronic pain and shaking under control using 'pacemaker for the brain'

How does electrical stimulation affect the brain? A project by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, launched in early 2012, studies the impact mechanism of deep brain stimulation and develops ...

Neuroscience created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Memories and experiences make a piece of jewellery important for a woman, researcher finds

Women own and wear jewellery for the sake of others. Through their use of jewellery, women indicate belonging to a certain group, such as family or persons with a similar worldview or values. Jewellery is important for women, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New methods help to improve attachment of an implant to bone

Replacement of prostheses is unpleasant to the patient and expensive to society. Replacement of failed hip prostheses gives rise to an expenditure of about 10 million euros yearly in Finland. A usual reason ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Feeling strong emotions makes peoples' brains 'tick together'

Experiencing strong emotions synchronises brain activity across individuals, research team at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre in Finland has revealed.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doctoral dissertation studies the use of light in measuring cerebral circulation

Tiina Näsi, a researcher of biomedical engineering at Aalto University, studied in her doctoral thesis the use of light in measuring the brain's blood circulation. This optical measurement may in the future help discover ...

Medical research created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unprecedented accuracy in locating brain electrical activity with new device

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed the world's first device designed for mapping the human brain that combines whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging ...

Medical research created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain activity revealed when watching a feature film

Human brain functions have been studied in the past using relatively simple stimuli, such as pictures of faces and isolated sounds or words. Researchers from Aalto University Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational ...

Neuroscience created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The auditory cortex adapts agilely with concentration

The birth of sensory perception on the human cerebral cortex is yet to be fully explained. The different areas on the cortex function in cooperation, and no perception is the outcome of only one area working alone. In his ...

Neuroscience created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers excel in predicting cancer drug sensitivity

Researchers from Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM have developed a triumphant solution for predicting responses of breast cancer cells to a set of cancer ...

Cancer created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0