Month: July 2022

Study: ‘Conclusive Evidence’ Repeated Head Impact Causes CTE

Scientists have discovered unquestionable evidence that repeated head impacts lead to the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease. Sports governing bodies are now being urged to implement preventive measures to protect athletes. The researchers behind the study conducted extensive investigations to establish the causal connection between head trauma and CTE. They […]

Published on July 26, 2022

Love in the Time of Surgeries: Weight Loss Surgery Linked to Marital Changes

Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, weight loss surgery can bring profound transformations not only to one’s body, but also to one’s love life. A recent study reveals that individuals who undergo weight loss surgery are twice as likely to marry or divorce within a span of five years. The physical and emotional changes […]

Published on July 26, 2022

Filtering out facial muscle noise from EEG signals using a single-channel approach

Filtering out facial muscle noise from electroencephalographic (EEG) signals is essential for accurate brain computer interfaces and brain functionality measurement. While most studies focus on multi-channel approaches, this research introduces a single-channel method for attenuating facial electromyographic (EMG) noise from contaminated EEG. The method incorporates multiple decomposition and adaptive filtering techniques to generate reference signals […]

Published on July 26, 2022