Where is language in the brain? Its not as clear as once thought. A computer engineer needs language skills. Though they speak in various codes…
Searching the Brain for Language
Lab Talk
EEG and FMRI Papers by the Numbers
Over half a million fMRI and EEG papers have been published to date . What drives the trajectory? What have we learned? Who would actually…
What Does the EEG Signal Measure?
The EEG measures aggregate electrical activity across millions of cells but there are many complexities to consider. The EEG had a tumultuous beginning – no…
The Curious Outcomes of Neurosurgery
Between 1994 and 2001, thirty-one children underwent an innovative and terrifying brain surgery. They weren’t the only children to receive this procedure, but they were…
A Changing Brain is a Normal Brain
A normal brain is not a particular network pattern but one that can reconfigure itself with experience. Scientists have recognized for decades that children’s brains…
Taking Neurotechnology out of the Lab
With shrinking electronics and wireless technology, EEG devices are getting portable, and cheaper Commercial EEG or electroencephalogram machines, devices capable of measuring electrical signals in…
Decoding the Electric Brain
How a dead frog and a telegram led to the discovery of the human encephalogram. If scientific progress is a series of building blocks, then…
The Myth of the Average Brain
Imagine navigating any individual city based on an average map of several cities, it is not so different with the brain. You don’t need me…
