AI-Accelerated Brain Chip Allows Man who Lost the Ability to Speak to Use His Voice Again
Imagine not being able to say “I love you,” crack a joke, or even ask for help – not because you don’t want
What Might Over Reliance on Gen AI do to the Human Brain, Both Individually and Collectively
I’ve spent much of the past year getting up to date on all the published academic literature about the impact of technology on
What is Media Multitasking doing to your Brain?
I often work out of a library in central London when I need to get something done that requires quiet, intensive, sustained focus.
What’s going the latest with Neuralink?
Ever wondered what the end goal of Elon Musk’s company Neuralink actually is? This article describes the major challenges they’re trying to overcome.
Using Virtual Reality to treat phobias
We all know somebody who is scared of heights. It is one of the most common phobias out there. And it turns out that virtual reality can really help to tone such fears down.
Introducing Brain Man VR
Regular readers of this blog will be well aware that I’ve been slowly but surely gravitating towards virtual reality (VR) over the past
How Virtual Reality Can Improve Our Quality of Life
The reason that a neuroscientist like me gets so excited about virtual reality is its huge potential for helping people improve their quality of life.
Top 50 VR Games on Vive
I’ve put together a Top 50 Vive VR games of all time. You can get most of them on Oculus too…
Neural Speech – Neural Nets Will Soon Be Able To Do All The Talking For You
Once in a blue moon a neuroscience story will totally blow me away. A team of scientists just did it again by generating intelligible speech from a person’s brainwaves…
Poverty of Empathy and Smartphone Overuse
People who overuse their smartphones may gradually find themselves behaving in an increasingly anti-social manner compared to those who use them in moderation. It could even trigger a slide back into the incivility of previous ages.