Using an electroencephalogram (EEG) to
detect electrical activity in the brain, Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, associate research professor in FAU's Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and an expert in electrophysiology and neural, behavioral, and cognitive sciences, will examine how the tactile information from the robotic sensors is passed onto the brain to distinguish scenarios with successful or unsuccessful functional restoration of the sense of touch.
Medical resident Jarod Roland, MD, tries out a device that
detects electrical activity in his brain and causes his hand to open and close in response to brain signals.
Research has been done using an electroencephalogram (EEG) on dogs, which
detects electrical activity in the brain.
Not exact matches
When it
detects unusual
electrical activity in the
brain, it sends a charge through two electrodes to stop or even prevent a seizure.
The EPOC
detects brain activity noninvasively using electroencephalography (EEG), a measure of
brain waves, via external sensors along the scalp that pick up the
electrical bustle
in various parts of the furrowed surface of the
brain's cortex, a region that handles higher order thoughts.
Previous studies have shown that when a typically developing 20 - month - old child hears a word that she doesn't know, a characteristic uptick
in brain waves
in the left hemisphere of the
brain can be
detected through electroencephalography (EEG), a noninvasive method of measuring the
brain's
electrical activity.
The hearing test known as the brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) or brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP)
detects electrical activity in the cochlea and auditory pathways
in the
brain in much the same way that an antenna
detects radio or TV signals or an EKG
detects electrical activity of the heart.