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For anxious children and teens, context counts, UCLA researchers say

By Guest PostNovember 28, 2013Healthadolescent anxiety, adriana galvan, anxiety, anxiety disorder, anxiety provoking situation, anxious children, biomarker, brain neutral information, context counts, disorder, functional impairment, functional mri, medial prefrontal cortex, tara peris, teens, threatening information, ucla researcher

Specific area of the brain linked to anxiety disorders in youth

Anxiety disorders are common in children and adolescents, affecting up to 25 percent of the youth population. Anxiety causes distress and functional impairment and, if left untreated, can result in bad grades, problems at home and increased rates of psychiatric disorders in adulthood.

These risks constitute a significant public health burden, and they underscore the importance of continued efforts to understand the cause and course of the disorder. (more…)

Mind over mechanics

By Guest PostJuly 17, 2013Health, Science3 d, alzheimer's disease, ar, artificial limbs, augmented reality, bci, bin he, brain circuits, brain computer interfaces, brain waves, bypass, control, drone, eeg, electronic command, fiction into reality, flying robot, functional mri, mind over mechanics, motor cortex, neurodegenerative diseases, new technology, science fiction, signals, stroke, university of minnesota

How thoughts can control a flying robot

It’s a staple of science fiction: people who can control objects with their minds.

At the University of Minnesota, a new technology is turning that fiction into reality.

In the lab of biomedical engineering professor Bin He, several young people have learned to use their thoughts to steer a flying robot around a gym, making it turn, rise, dip, and even sail through a ring. (more…)

Brain Connections Break Down as We Age

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2010Health, Scienceage, age-related degeneration, brain connections, corpus callosum, functional mri, gerontology, multiple, neuroscience, parkinson, rachael seidler, two-sided motor, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—It’s unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests.

This slower reactivity is associated with an age-related breakdown in the corpus callosum, a part of the brain that acts as a dam during one-sided motor activities to prevent unwanted connectivity, or cross-talk, between the two halves of the brain, said Rachael Seidler, associate professor in the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology and Department of Psychology, and lead study author.

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For anxious children and teens, context counts, UCLA researchers say

Mind over mechanics

Brain Connections Break Down as We Age