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In the quest to find effective ways to manage dementia, scientists have turned to two interesting therapies: animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and pet-robot therapy (PRT). A network meta-analysis was conducted to compare and rank the efficacy of these two approaches. Imagine it as a battle between fluffy animals and adorable robots! The results showed that while […]
Imagine unraveling a tangled ball of yarn, except this time it’s not yarn, it’s the manifold associated with object recognition in the brain. Scientists believe that the brain uses a process called cortically local subspace untangling to make sense of different object categories. They theorize that by untangling these manifolds, the brain can better recognize […]
Imagine you’re a detective investigating a crime scene. You carefully collect evidence, taking note of every detail to solve the case. Similarly, scientists conducted a pilot study to uncover how meditation alters brain waves in people with cognitive impairment. Using a portable EEG headband in a smart-home environment, they recruited 40 participants across the Alzheimer’s […]
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