The neuroscientist misconduct investigation reveals serious flaws in a paper on communication with paralyzed patients from the Eberhard-Karls University. Now, the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen ...

Niels Birbaumer, once a prominent neuroscientist at the University of Tübingen in Germany, fell hard from his pedestal three years back. He was accused of scientific misconduct for his controversial ...

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A fully paralyzed man with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was able to communicate with doctors and his family using a brain-computer interface that allowed him to spell out words using his ...

A paralyzed German man learned to communicate simple sentences using his brain activity through a newly developed brain-computer interface. The device allowed him to communicate simple requests, such ...

Patients wear a NIRS apparatus—typically a neoprene helmet with dozens of optical sensors sticking out of it. Wyss Center As ALS progresses, the neurons that control muscle movement begin failing, one ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Lynne Malcolm: Now that we know that the brain is more changeable than we ever thought possible, are we ...

For decades physicians have been trying to find a way to help people with ‘locked in’ syndrome. This syndrome can occur due to certain illnesses and leads people to lose the ability to move any muscle ...