Month: December 2023

How to Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs

More than 100 million Americans, nearly half the U.S. adult population, have high blood pressure. Ideally, the American Heart Association (AHA) says our blood pressure readings should be 120/80 milliliters of mercury (mm Hg). Many of those with elevated blood pressure have… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is […]

Published on December 18, 2023

Memory research: Breathing in sleep impacts memory processes

Researchers have investigated how sleep affects memory. They found a link between breathing and the emergence of certain brain activity patterns in sleep that are associated with the reactivation of memory contents. The data points to possible consequences of unhealthy breathing on memory. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on December 18, 2023

Evaluation of an English language phoneme-based imagined speech brain computer interface with low-cost electroencephalography

IntroductionParalyzed and physically impaired patients face communication difficulties, even when they are mentally coherent and aware. Electroencephalographic (EEG) brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a potential communication method for these people without invasive surgery or physical device controls.MethodsAlthough virtual keyboard protocols are well documented in EEG BCI paradigms, these implementations are visually taxing and fatiguing. All English […]

Published on December 18, 2023