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The Computational Neuroscience PhD specialization of Boston University’s Graduate Program for Neuroscience provides students with a uniquely specialized curriculum that supplements core neuroscience coursework with advanced training in a wide array of computational methods for studying the nervous system and developing neuroscience-related technologies.

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BrainGate neural interface system reaches 1,000-day performance milestone | Brown University News and Events

An investigational implanted system being developed to translate brain signals toward control of assistive devices has allowed a woman with paralysis to accurately control a computer cursor at 2.7 years after implantation, providing a key demonstration that neural activity can be read out and converted into action for an unprecedented length of time. http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/03/braingate
US— Neuromarketing agency NeuroFocus has launched a new wireless headset to measure respondents’ brainwave activity in more natural settings, both in and out of home. The Mynd headset has been in development for the past three years. Previously NeuroFocus relied on wired technology (see here ).

New NeuroFocus headset gets closer to the Mynd | News | Research

http://www.research-live.com/news/technology/new-neurofocus-headset-gets-closer-to-the-mynd/4004813.article
This page illustrates that our visual perception cannot always be trusted. http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/

Perception puzzles, Visual Perception, Optical illusions and Paradoxes

A major component of the myelin sheath is myelin basic protein (MBP). mRNAs encoding MBP are transported to and translated at sites where MBP is required. http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sigtrans;4/164/ec78

Forcefully Translated -- Wong 4 (164): ec78 -- Science Signaling

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