Neuroscience
These goggles scan your brain to detect neurological and vision function loss
The headset combines a smartphone in a virtual reality headset with a brain sensor and plays podcasts.
Sep 21, 2023
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Medical research
How virtual reality can help relieve chronic pain
The first time Nancy Baker saw people use virtual reality to deal with chronic pain, it was a revelation.
Apr 11, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain-computer-leg interface restores motion after stroke
Skoltech researchers have devised a novel method for leg rehabilitation after injury or stroke that uses a brain-computer interface and electrical stimulation of the spine delivered through the skin. Created by scientists ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why every office needs a window: The influence of a view on cognitive performance
People looking at blue sky and trees through a window are more creative and happier than those without a view according to a new study that has implications for workplace design and productivity.
Dec 8, 2022
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Surgery
How virtual reality training may improve 'blind' surgery to treat female urinary incontinence
For the 1 in 3 women who experience urinary incontinence, treatment often comes in the form of surgery: implanting a device called a midurethral sling. The sling stops uncontrolled urination during physical activity, such ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Health
'Room to reflect': A pilot workplace resiliency intervention for nurses
Adrienne Banavage, interim nurse manager in the infusion clinic at the University of Virginia's Emily Couric Cancer Center, is no stranger to mindfulness. But Banavage, who meditates regularly, said the immediacy and proximity ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Surgery
Orthopedic surgeons have another tool for knee replacement: Augmented reality
For people with severe arthritis pain in the knee joints, knee replacement is a viable option to improve their quality of life. Orthopedic surgeons now have a new tool for knee replacement: augmented reality.
Jun 9, 2022
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Health
Digital dietician may help people make better choices
A new program that uses immersive virtual reality to fill the role of a digital dietitian may eventually be able to improve the nutrition care process, according to a new analysis.
May 25, 2022
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Health
Work(out) from home: Pandemic fuels online exercise boom
Interactive comment sections and virtual reality headsets: internet-connected fitness gear and services have boomed during the pandemic as at-home athletes seek a proxy for gym life.
Jan 8, 2022
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Biomedical technology
New learning tool: Click a button and dive under the skin of chemotherapy patients
A team of faculty from the University of Michigan Center of Academic Innovation, School of Nursing and College of Pharmacy designed an innovative way to teach nursing and pharmacy students about the intricacies of chemotherapy.
Dec 23, 2021
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